dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/kuk_MW.json

{
  "Kuke":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": kikuyu":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ky\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174149"
  },
  "Kuki":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of numerous hill peoples in southern Assam, India":[],
      ": a member of a Kuki people":[],
      ": a language of a Kuki people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fck\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110158"
  },
  "Kuki-Chin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by the Kuki and Chin peoples":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00fck\u0113\u02c8chin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-222106"
  },
  "kukri":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a curved short sword with a broad blade used especially by Gurkhas":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ku\u0307-kr\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Plus, the kukri , which grows to be just under 3-feet long, typically eats the eggs of birds and other reptiles, but have been known to eat larvae, insects, and rodents, too. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 2 Oct. 2020",
      "During the conversation, police believe, the man started to chase the victim and struck him multiple times with a long bladed weapon called a kukri . \u2014 Anna Marum, OregonLive.com , 25 Jan. 2018",
      "The kukri is a Nepalese weapon and tool similar to a machete. \u2014 Anna Marum, OregonLive.com , 25 Jan. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hindi & Urdu kuk\u1e5b\u012b":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1811, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130855"
  },
  "Kuksu":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to an American Indian religious cult or its rites practiced in the southern Sacramento valley of California":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ku\u0307k(\u02cc)s\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132826"
  },
  "kuku":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": kereru":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fc(\u02cc)k\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Maori":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1873, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172027"
  },
  "kukui":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": candlenut sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "k\u00fc\u02c8k\u00fc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hawaiian":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-181856"
  },
  "kukui oil":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": candlenut oil":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213400"
  },
  "Kukukuku":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a people inhabiting parts of Morabe and Papua in eastern New Guinea":[],
      ": a member of the Kukukuku people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cck\u00fck\u0259\u02c8k\u00fc(\u02cc)k\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225152"
  },
  "kukupa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": kereru":[
        "Known as kereru in most of the country but as kukupa in the north, wood pigeons were traditionally killed for their meat and feathers, but are now protected.",
        "\u2014 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, New Zealand) , 22 Apr. 2012"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u00fck\u0259p\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Maori":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1838, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005553"
  }
}