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cog.

cuckoo (Cuculidae)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/koːɡ/

  1. cuckoo (Cuculidae)

    feminine

  2. cuckoo (Cuculidae) especially common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh coc, from Proto-Brythonic *kog, ultimately imitative, similar to Old High German kā (“crow, jackdaw”), Middle Low German kâ (“crow, jackdaw”).

noun/koːɡ/

  1. cook

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh coc, from Proto-Brythonic *kog, from Latin coquus.

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