biko
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English
Noun
biko
- A sweet rice cake from the Philippines, made with coconut milk and brown sugar.
Anagrams
Basque
Numeral
biko
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Adjective
bikô
- Alternative form of tiko
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hokkien 米糕 (bí-ko, “rice cake”).
Noun
biko (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓ)
- dish of sticky rice cooked in coconut milk and brown sugar
Verb
biko (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓ)
- to cook biko
- to use an ingredient for biko
Etymology 2
Noun
biko (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓ)
Verb
biko (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓ)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:biko.
Garo
Etymology
From bi- + -ko (“accusative case marker that marks the direct object of a clause or sentence”)
Pronoun
biko
Igbo
Interjection
bikò
Further reading
- Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “biko”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 32
Ladino
Noun
biko m (Latin spelling, plural bikos)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 米糕 (bí-ko, “rice cake”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbiko/
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: bi‧ko
Noun
biko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓ)