Kuku, Kūku, Kūkū: 3 definitions
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Kuku means something in biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kuku in Pacific is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia hirta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chamaesyce pekinensis var. glaberrima (Koidz.) Makino & Nemoto (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München (1986)
· Glimpses of Cytogenetics in India (1992)
· Boissiera (1998)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1987)
· Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4 (2006)
· Taxon (1981)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kuku, for example extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKūku (ಕೂಕು):—[verb] = ಕೂಂಕು [kumku].
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Kūku (ಕೂಕು):—
1) [noun] the act of crying, shouting; an instance of this.
2) [noun] the sound so made; a cry.
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Kūku (ಕೂಕು):—[noun] a girl; a very young woman.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKuku (குகு) noun < kuhū.
1. New moon; அமா வாசை. குகுவைத்தொடர் பூரணை [ama vasai. kuguvaithodar puranai] (சேதுபுராணம் தேவிபு. [sethupuranam thevipu.] 60).
2. A principal tubular vessel of the human body, one of taca-nāṭi, q.v.; தசநாடியு ளொன்று. குகு கன்னியலம்புடை [thasanadiyu lonru. kugu kanniyalambudai] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 3, 26, உரை [urai]).
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Kūkū (கூகூ) [kū-kū] noun Onomatopoeic Clamour, outcry; ஓர் ஒலிக்குறிப்பு. ஏற்றெழுந்த கூகூவொலித்திரள் [or olikkurippu. errezhuntha kuguvolithiral] (காஞ்சிப்புராணம் அரிசாப. [kanchippuranam arisapa.] 4).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
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Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
3.2 (b): The Dhyāna in the Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra < [Chapter 3 - The Dhyāna in Mahāyāna Literature]
Bharati's Kuyil Song: An Assessment < [April – June, 1980]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2b - The Lineage of the mdo < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 1 - The first lineage (brgyud pa dang po’i skabs) < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Name of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Chapter 89 - Thiruppunavayil or Tiruppunavayil (Hymn 50) < [Volume 3.7 - Unto the last]
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)