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Translingual
Symbol
iku
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Inuktitut.
Acehnese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ, compare Malay ekor.
Noun
iku
- tail (appendage of an animal)
Gothic
Romanization
iku
- Romanization of 𐌹𐌺𐌿
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Malay ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.
Pronunciation
Noun
iku
- (anatomy) tail (appendage of an animal)
Classifier
iku
- Classifier used for animals and people.
- Tiga iku mayau ― Three cats
- Dua puluh iku pengajar ― Twenty teachers
Japanese
Romanization
iku
- Rōmaji transcription of いく
Javanese
Alternative forms
Determiner
iku
- that, those
Kanakanabu
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
iku
- I (personal pronoun)
Yilan Creole
Etymology
From Japanese 行く (iku, “to go”).
Verb
iku (realis negative ikanay, irrealis negative ikang)
- to go
Related terms
References
- Chien Yuehchen, Shinji Sanada (2011) “台湾の宜蘭クレオールにおける否定辞―「ナイ」と「ン」の変容をめぐって― ”, in 言語研究 , number 140, pages 73-87
- 真田信治 (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて ”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
i- (“non-gerundive nominalizer”) + kú (“to die”)
Pronunciation
Noun
ikú
- death
- Synonyms: ìwàjà, ìtẹrígbaṣọ, ìpapòdà (euphemisms)
Derived terms
- ọjọ́ ikú (“time of death”)
- Ikú (“the personification of death”)
Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology
From Proto-Mixtec *íkú.
Adverb
iku
- yesterday
Derived terms
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 10