ducko

ducko

See also: Ducko

Slovak

Etymology

Uncertain? By surface analysis, a hypocorism from duc +‎ -ko.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dut͡skɔ/, [ˈdut͡skɔ]
  • Rhymes: -ut͡skɔ
  • Hyphenation: duc‧ko

Noun

ducko m pers (female equivalent ducinka)

  1. (dialectal, expressive, hypocorism) a fat boy

References

  1. ^ Belo Letz (1934-35), “Hypokoristiká [Hypocorisms]”, in Slovenská Reč [Slovak Speech]‎[1] (in Slovak), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, archived from the original on 26 August 2016, page 164

Further reading

  • “ducko”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
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