Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈkurkːu/, [ˈkurkːu]
• Rhymes: -urkːu
• Syllabification(key): kurk‧ku
• Hyphenation(key): kurk‧ku

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kurkku (compare Estonian, Livonian and Veps kurk), borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kwerku), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (compare Old Norse kverk, Swedish Kvarken), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) (compare Erzya кирьга (kiŕga)).

Noun

kurkku

1. throat, gullet
2. throat (front part of the neck)
   mustakurkkurautiainen ― black-throated accentor
3. throat (narrow opening)
   kaasuttimen kurkku ― the throat of a carburetor
4. the part of the belly of an axe haft that is just below the head
   Joskus isku menee ohi ja terän sijasta klapiin osuu kirveen kurkku.
   Sometimes one misses and the log is hit by the belly of the haft instead of the axe head.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish gurka, German Gurke, ultimately from a Slavic language.

Noun

kurkku

1. cucumber (vine, Cucumis sativus)
   Synonym: vihanneskurkku
2. cucumber (vegetable)
3. pickle (pickled cucumber)

lähde

The concept of cutthroat is cool in Finnish: it translates to cucumber cutter.

Also, cucumber salad translates to throat salad

Yes. There was even a movie, "kurkunleikkaajien saari', island of the cucumber cutters.