bako

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See also: bakó, bàkò, and Bako

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Malay bukan (not).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkoʔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ko

Particle

bakô (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

  1. 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)

  1. hunched, stooped
    Synonym: yuko

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -akɔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧ko

Noun

bako f

  1. vocative singular of baka

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bako (Cyrillic spelling бако)

  1. vocative singular of baka

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Particle

bakô

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. uneven spots on a road (such as potholes, lumps, cobblestones, etc.)
  2. unevenness of the road surface
  3. (figurative) unexpected failure; unexpected disappointment

Derived terms

Anagrams

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Noun

bako

  1. cave