cucuma.

Since this word, as Ancient Greek κούκκουμα (koúkkouma), diminutive κουκκούμιον (koukkoúmion), is attested from the 1ˢᵗ century CE, when the Roman Empire was at its greatest extent, there is little to doubt that this is identical to Classical Syriac ܩܘܿܩܡܳܐ (qūqəmā, “pot”), absolute state ܩܘܿܩܽܡ (qūqum), if not directly borrowed from it, from Imperial Aramaic 𐡒𐡅𐡒𐡌 (qwqm), from Akkadian 𒂁𒆪𒆪𒁍 (/⁠kukkubu, quqquba⁠/, “a smaller container used as an alabastron, libation jar, or drinking flask; originally a drinking pouch made from an animal’s stomach, any similar pouch with a small opening”), considered possibly a loan or developed from Sumerian 𒂁𒃻𒋫𒆸 (/⁠gugguru⁠/, “tall earthen vessel with a narrow opening”). Via Aramaic קוּמְקְמָא (qumqəmā, “boiling kettle”) it has also been borrowed into Arabic قُمْقُم (qumqum, “bulbous flask with a neck used for dispersing perfume”) and Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (KWKMʾ), Persian قمقمه (qomqome). The vowel length in Latin is however short in the first syllable contrary to the Syriac, likely because of coarticulation or because of secondary relation to coquō (“to cook”). This vowel shortening and a Syriac borrowing of a vessel name also has its parallel in the Latin word culullus denoting a kind of bumper or chalice.