kruka

• IPA^(key): /ˈkru.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: kru‧ka

kruka m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of kruk

Borrowing from Middle Low German krûke, from Old Saxon krūka, from Proto-West Germanic *krūkā (“pot, pitcher”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).^[1][2]

Compare German Kruke, Danish krukke and Icelandic krukka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrʉːˌka/

kruka c

1. a pot (container, often made of clay, for example for growing a plant in (blomkruka))

   plantera en växt i en kruka

   plant a plant in a pot

2. (colloquial) a coward, originating from the 12 Labours of Hercules. When Hercules returned with the Erymanthian boar, Eurystheus hid in a large wine jar.

• A pot as in a cooking vessel is a gryta or kastrull.
• A teapot, coffee pot, etc. is a kanna.

• → Finnish: ruukku

• vas (“vase”)

• kruka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kruka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kruka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kukar