culla

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) cradle, crib, cot
2. (feminine, figuratively) cradle, place of origin

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of cullare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of cullare:

Concepts

cradle

crib

place of birth

cot

hammock

birthplace

mother country

motherland

place of origin

provenance

provenience

wedge

crot

ethel

fatherland

home country

homeland

land

Synonyms

origine

patria

lettino

luogo di nascita

madrepatria

luogo d’origine

cùnia

Translations

berceau

cuna

Wiege

berço

wieg

bressol

cunae

κούνια

beşik

cunabula

bres

Gitterbett

Hyphenated as

cùl‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkul.la/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cunla, syncopated form of cūnula, diminutive of Latin cūna, cūnae (“cradle”), from Proto-Italic *koinā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoyneh₂, derived from the root *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”). Doublet of cuna.