koruza

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Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Since 1789 (O. Gutsmann's Deutsch-windisches Wörterbuch, in Bohorič orthographic form korusa), a haplological shortening from Serbo-Croatian kukùruz (cf. kúmara vs. kukùmar), further origin unknown.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

korúza f

  1. maize (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays)

Inflection[edit]

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative korúza
genitive korúze
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		korúza
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		korúze
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		korúzi
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		korúzo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		korúzi
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		korúzo

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “koruza”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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