Mar 18, 2002 17:14
22 yrs ago
Czech term
Melissa Kalwanaski
stukutz
Non-PRO
Czech to English
Other
My grandmother would always tell me to stop being a (spelled phonetically) "stookutz" whenever I wouldnt' sit still. I think its in Czech. She was Czech and my grandfather was polish, so it could be polish too. Can you tell me what it means and how to spell it correctly?
Proposed translations
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| 1 +2 | stouchac????? Not sure if this makes sense, though |
Valerie Mason
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| 4 | It doesn't sound like any Czech word, but . . . |
Zenny Sadlon
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Proposed translations
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6 days
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stouchac????? Not sure if this makes sense, though
I need to get some Czech feedback on this suggestion - my confidence level is low!! - but would it be possible to call someone a stouchac? (from stouchat - I'm afraid I have no diacritics on this computer). As I said, though, it's a guess...
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Zenny Sadlon
Native in Czech
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Native in: Czech 
Works in: English to Czech, Czech to English
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It doesn't sound like any Czech word, but . . .
. . . if I read your phonetic transcription right, two words come to mind: 'szukacz', Polish for 'seeker', and the German 'Stuhlkatze', 'chair cat'. If your grandmother was Czech, she could easily have had a repertoir of German expressions, depending on when and where she lived. I know this is not an answer, but at least some food for thought.
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