чучулига

Imitative from the call чу-чу (ču-ču, “coo-coo”) + -ига (-iga). Compare Romanian ciocârlie, tiutiuroi (“skylark”).

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃo̟t͡ʃo̟ˈliɡɐ]

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чучули́га • (čučulíga) f (masculine чучуля́к)

1. female equivalent of чучуля́к (čučulják): lark (bird of family Alaudidae)

• чучурли́га (čučurlíga) — dialectal

• кукуви́ца (kukuvíca, “cuckoo”)
• кукумя́вка (kukumjávka, “screech-owl”)
• чо́вка (čóvka, “beak”)
• чу́чур (čúčur, “spout”)

• “чучулига”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чучулига”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010