nukkua — meaning in English

English meaning

• kip noun British informal: sleep, or a place to sleep.
• roost noun The perch or spot where a bird settles to sleep, often a branch or a bar inside a coop.
• sleep verb To rest in the natural state of reduced consciousness that the body needs each day.
• sleeping adj Currently asleep.

Senses

nukkua is used for these senses in English:

• kip (informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
• roost (intransitive, of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.
• sleep (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• sleep (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.

kip — full definition

1. noun British informal: sleep, or a place to sleep.
2. verb British informal: to sleep, especially briefly or somewhere makeshift.
3. noun The basic monetary unit of Laos.

roost — full definition

1. noun The perch or spot where a bird settles to sleep, often a branch or a bar inside a coop.
2. verb To settle somewhere to sleep or rest for the night, especially said of birds.

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