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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Japanese 石.
Noun
koku (plural kokus or koku)
- A unit of measure in feudal Japan, the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay koku, clipping of kokurikulum (“cocurriculum”).
Alternative forms
Noun
koku
- (Malaysia, school slang) cocurriculum; extracurriculum
Japanese
Romanization
koku
- Rōmaji transcription of こく
Latvian
Noun
koku m
- inflection of koks:
- accusative/instrumental singular
- genitive plural
Malay
Etymology
Clipping of kokurikulum (“cocurriculum”).
Noun
koku
- (Malaysia, school slang) cocurriculum; extracurriculum
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوقو (koku). Related to kokmak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈku/
- Hyphenation: ko‧ku
Noun
koku (definite accusative kokuyu, plural kokular)
- smell, odor/odour
- stench, stink, pungency
- (figurative) inkling, sign, indication
Declension
See also
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN