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Bikol Central
Etymology
Compare Malay bukan (“not”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈkoʔ/
- Hyphenation: ba‧ko
Particle
bakô (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)
- not
- Coordinate terms: iyo, dai, habo
- Bako man iyan an sinabi ko. ― That's not what I said.
- Bako daa siya. ― It's not really him/her.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ko
- IPA(key): /baˈkoʔ/
Adjective
bakô (Badlit spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)
- hunched, stooped
- Synonym: yuko
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.kɔ/
- Rhymes: -akɔ
- Syllabification: ba‧ko
Noun
bako f
- vocative singular of baka
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
bako (Cyrillic spelling бако)
- vocative singular of baka
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
Particle
bakô
- not
- Coordinate terms: iyo, dai
Sundanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".
Pronunciation
Noun
bako
- tobacco
Di gigireun jalan, aya toko nu sapopoé icalan bako.- On the side of the road, there's a store that sells tobacco daily.
References
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba(ŋ)kuq (“curve, bump, bend”). Compare Cebuano bako.
Pronunciation
Noun
bakô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)
- uneven spots on a road (such as potholes, lumps, cobblestones, etc.)
- unevenness of the road surface
- (figurative) unexpected failure; unexpected disappointment
Derived terms
Anagrams
Venda
Noun
bako
- cave