koruza

Slovene

Etymology

Since 1789 (O. Gutsmann's Deutsch-windisches Wörterbuch, in Bohorič orthographic form korusa), a haplological shortening from Serbo-Croatian kukùruz (cf. kúmara vs. kukùmar), further origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrùːza/

Noun

korúza f

1. maize (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays)

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative	korúza
genitive	korúze
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	korúza
genitive (rodȋlnik)	korúze
dative (dajȃlnik)	korúzi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	korúzo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	korúzi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	korúzo

Synonyms

• kúkarica, túrščica (dialectal)

Further reading

• “koruza”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024