# cucu
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

### Noun

cucu m (plural cucos)
* cuckoo

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Cognate with Malay cucu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃut͡ʃu/
* Hyphenation: cu‧cu

### Noun

cucu
* grandchild (child of someone's child)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cucu m (plural cucus)
* Alternative form of cucul

### Adjective

cucu (feminine cucue, masculine plural cucus, feminine plural cucues)
* Alternative form of cucul

### Further reading

* “cucu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* tjoetjoe (pre-1947)
* tjutju} (1947-1972)

### Etymology

From Malay cucu, from Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ, probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃut͡ʃu/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut͡ʃu
* Syllabification: cu‧cu

### Noun

cucu (plural cucu-cucu, first-person possessive cucuku, second-person possessive cucumu, third-person possessive cucunya)
* grandchild (child of someone’s child)

### Further reading

* “cucu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuku/

### Noun

cucu (plural cucus)
* cuckoo
* cuckold

## Malay
### Etymology

Attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, 900 AD, as [script needed] (cucu). From Proto-Malayic *cucuʔ. Probably from duplication of Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuuʔ (“grandchild”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃut͡ʃu/
* Rhymes: -ut͡ʃu, -t͡ʃu, -u

### Noun

cucu (Jawi spelling چوچو, plural cucu-cucu, informal 1st possessive cucuku, 2nd possessive cucumu, 3rd possessive cucunya)
* grandchild (child of someone’s child)

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* bercucu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* bercucukan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

#### Descendants

* Baba Malay: chuchu
* Brunei Malay: cucu
* Indonesian: cucu
* → Makasar: cucu
* → Manado Malay: cucu

### References

* ↑ Postma, Antoon (1991) “The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: A Valuable Philippine Document”, in Indo-Pacific Prehistory 1990 Assn. Bulletin 11‎, volume 2 (PDF), Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines: Mangyan Assistance and Research Center, page 169.
* ↑ Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
* ↑ H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC

### Further reading

* “cucu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mapudungun
### Noun

cucu (Raguileo spelling)
* maternal grandmother
* grandchild

#### See also

* kuku

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

## Old English
### Adjective

cucu
* Alternative form of cwic

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Interjection

cucu
* coo-coo (cry made by a cuckoo)

### See also

* cuc

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡su.ˈt͡su/, [t͡su.ˈt͡su]

### Noun

cucu
* (anatomy) breast
* milk