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)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kūku (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.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kuku (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).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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