curkite

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

curk (“to squat”) +‎ -ite (“past participle suffix borrowed from Irish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊrˈkiːt/, /kɔrˈkiːt/

Adjective

curkite

  1. snappish, contrary
    Synonym: curcagh

Noun

curkite

  1. Tumbling or thrusting one another down; wrestling

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33
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