# куда
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Related to dialectal ку́да се (kúda se, “to gratify”). Further origin disputed:
* Mladenov: Collective noun from Proto-Slavic *ku- (“pile, stack”) + *-da, akin to Bulgarian куп (kup, “pile, heap”), Russian ку́ча (kúča, “id.”).
* Georgiev (БЕР): Postverbal from ку́дя (kúdja, “to prosecute”) +‎ -а (-a), originally meaning “mob, gang, crowd” with negative connotation.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkudɐ]

#### Noun

ку́да • (kúda) f (diminutive ку́дица) (dialectal)
* (Eastern dialects) group, ensemble, fellowship
    Synonyms: дружи́на (družína), гру́па (grúpa)
    ку́да рабо́тници ― kúda rabótnici ― working group, group of workers
* (Rhodopian dialects) flock, swarm
    Synonym: я́то (játo)
    ку́да пти́ци ― kúda ptíci ― flock of birds
* (Upper Shop dialects) caroling choir
    Synonym: коледа́рска дружи́на (koledárska družína)

##### Derived terms

* уку́двам се (ukúdvam se, “to associate with”)
* ку́дя (kúdja, “to associate; to kiss”)
* ку́даджия (kúdadžija, “lead of caroling choir”) (diaelctal)

#### References

* “куда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “куда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 75
* Nayden Gerov (1897) “ку́да”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 428

### Etymology 2

Likely related to the noun. According to Georgiev (БЕР), the secondary meaning “to tend, to protect” follows from an earlier “to befriend”.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkudɐ]

#### Verb

ку́да • (kúda) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective ку́дна) (dialectal)
* (transitive, obsolete) to associate with, to form relationship
* (transitive, in Strandzha, by extension) to tend, to protect, to heed
* (transitive, by extension) to kiss platonically, to osculate
* (reflexive with се) to express appreciation towards (usually + с (s, “with”))

##### Alternative forms

* ку́дем (kúdem) — dialectal, with athematic endings
* ку́дя (kúdja) — iterative, i-conjugation

##### Related terms

* ку́тя (kútja, “to tend, to look after a child”) (dialectal)

##### See also

* целу́вам (celúvam, “to kiss romantically”)

#### References

* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кудя², куда, кудем; кудя³ (куде)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 77

## Erzya
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tatar кода (qoda).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

куда • (kuda)
* male matchmaker, go-between

#### Declension

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#### Derived terms

* кудава (kudava)

### References

* B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “куда”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* куды́ (kudý) — dialectal

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʊˈda]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

куда́ • (kudá)
* (to) where?
    Куда́ идёшь? ― Kudá idjóšʹ? ― Where are you going?
* why?
    Куда́ така́я спе́шка? ― Kudá takája spéška? ― Why the rush?
* (colloquial, in a comparison) much (more), a lot (more)
    Synonyms: гора́здо (gorázdo), намно́го (namnógo)
    Настоя́щая причи́на звуча́ла куда́ прозаи́чнее. ― Nastojáščaja pričína zvučála kudá prozaíčneje. ― The real reason was far more prosaic.

#### Derived terms

* куда́-либо (kudá-libo)
* куда́-нибудь (kudá-nibudʹ)
* куда́-то (kudá-to)
* не́куда (nékuda)
* отку́да (otkúda)
* доку́да (dokúda)
* никуды́шный (nikudýšnyj)

#### Related terms
### See also

* туда́ (tudá)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

### Adverb

ку̀да (Latin spelling kùda)
* which way, in what direction
    Куда си ишао?Which way did you go?

### Conjunction

куда (Latin spelling kuda)
* which way, in what direction