buko

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English

Etymology

From Tagalog buko.

Noun

buko (plural bukos)

  1. (Philippines) A coconut.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko
  • IPA(key): /buˈko/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Compare Cebuano buko, Malay buku and Tagalog buko.

Noun

bukó

  1. node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
  2. knot (of a tree or lumber)
  3. (anatomy) knuckle
    Synonym: kamaoo
  4. (anatomy) joint (of one's finger or toe)
    Synonym: buko-buko

Etymology 2

Adjective

bukó

  1. frustrated
    Synonym: desganado
  2. desperate
    Synonym: desesperado
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

bukó

  1. (Legazpi) snail
    Synonyms: atol, guling-guling

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

buko

  1. an inch

Esperanto

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Etymology

From English buckle.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

buko (accusative singular bukon, plural bukoj, accusative plural bukojn)

  1. buckle

See also

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buka, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (“to open, uncover”).

Cognates

Cognate with Malay buka, Iban buka, Bikol Central buka, Tagalog buka, Cebuano buka.

Pronunciation

Adjective

buko

  1. open (actively conducting or prepared to conduct business)
    Antonym: tutuik
    Bisuak tokonyo ka buko.
    Tomorrow the shop will open.

Verb

buko (active mambuko, passive dibuko)

  1. (transitive) to open
    Antonym: tutuik

Romani

Etymology

Two etymologies have been proposed:

  1. Inherited from Sanskrit बुक्क (bukka).
  2. Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka).

Noun

buko m

  1. liver
  2. lung

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vr̥kká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 698
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bukó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 38a
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o buk/o, -es- m. -e, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 95a

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

buko (Cyrillic spelling буко)

  1. vocative singular of buka

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *bus-. Cognates include Burji buho, Gedeo ቡኮ (buko) and Kambaata buhu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuko/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

buko f 

  1. dust

Declension

Declension of buko (feminine)
unmodified modified
predicative buko
nominative buko buko
genitive bukote*) buko*)
dative bukote bukora
accusative buko*)
ablative bukotenni bukonni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 64
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “buko”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Kapampangan buku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuko/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

buko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. young coconut fruit
    Synonym: (dialectal, Marinduque, Quezon) mura
  2. (by extension) coconut water
    Synonym: tubig ng niyog
  3. bud (of a flower)
    Synonym: butong

Adjective

buko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. (Quezon) unripe (of fruits)
    Synonyms: hilaw, bubot
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Compare Bikol Central buko, Cebuano buko and Malay buku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈko/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

bukó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
  2. (anatomy) knuckle; joint (of one's finger or toe)
  3. knot (of a tree or lumber)
  4. (anatomy, colloquial) protuberance of the ankle bone
  5. finding of one's fault to disappoint another
    Synonyms: pagbigo, paghadlang, pagkontra
Derived terms

Adjective

bukó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. disappointed; unsuccessful
    Synonyms: bigo, nabigo
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