cūka

Etymology
From, , from a palatalized version (perhaps by onomatopeia, by imitating this animal's sound) of ,. A parallel, non-palatalized version is probably reflected in placenames like, perhaps originally a region with many wild boars. An even further palatalized version (where *ky > *ḱ > *š > 🇨🇬 s) may have given rise to placenames like, or, with a different suffix, to placenames in -saule like , perhaps even to 🇨🇬. A different (minoritary) theory derives from an earlier, borrowed from  (cf. 🇨🇬); another (minoritary) viewpoint connects  to imitative words used to call pigs, like 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 , 🇨🇬,  Cognates include 🇨🇬 dialectal , , also , , 🇨🇬 dialectal ,.

Noun

 * 1) pig esp.
 * 2) female pig, sow
 * 3)  pig a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female
 * 4)  the name of a certain card game
 * 1) female pig, sow
 * 2)  pig a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female
 * 3)  the name of a certain card game
 * 1) female pig, sow
 * 2)  pig a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female
 * 3)  the name of a certain card game
 * 1) female pig, sow
 * 2)  pig a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female
 * 3)  the name of a certain card game
 * 1)  pig a dirty, unhygienic person; also, a villainous man; colloquially also an unattractive female
 * 2)  the name of a certain card game
 * 1)  the name of a certain card game
 * 1)  the name of a certain card game