loko

Borrowed from Spanish loco.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloko/
• Hyphenation: lo‧ko

lóko (Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. crazy; nuts

   Synonyms: bua, kapay, ribong

lóko (Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. dupery, trickery
2. prank
3. cheat, deception, foolery

   Synonym: daya

Borrowed from Latin locus.

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• Rhymes: -oko
• Hyphenation: lo‧ko

loko (accusative singular lokon, plural lokoj, accusative plural lokojn)

1. place; location; spot

   Ni trovos la perfektan lokon por konstrui la plaĝokabanon.

   We will find the perfect location to build the beach cabin.

   Mi edziĝproponis ĉe ĉi tie ekzakta loko.

   I proposed at that very spot.

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (“pool, depression in reef” – compare with Maori roto, Tongan loto)^[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *loto “concave”.^[3]

loko

1. pond, lake
2. interior (of an island)
3. inland

From Latin locus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloko/

loko (plural loki)

1. place, location

From Armenian լոքո (lokʻo).

loko

1. wels catfish, sheatfish, Silurus glanis

• Siabandov, S., Čʻačʻan, A. (1957) “լոքո”, in Hay-kʻrderen baṙaran [Armenian–Kurdish Dictionary], Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 145a

loko

1. nominative singular of loka (“world”)

According to Ačaṙyan, from Armenian լոկ (lok).

lokó

1. light, not heavy
2. light, upbeat

   loki djilli ― upbeat song

loko

1. a little, a bit, quietly

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոկո”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 291–292
• Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “loko”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 339
• Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868) “loko”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 115a

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loko

1. that; class 15 distal demonstrative.

• luko
• loco — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Borrowed from Spanish loco (“crazy”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈloko/
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: lo‧ko

loko (feminine loka, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (derogatory)

1. insane; crazy; demented

   Synonyms: baliw, sira-ulo, buang

loko (feminine loka, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. (derogatory) madman; insane person

   Synonyms: baliw, sira-ulo

2. act of fooling someone

   Synonyms: panggogoyo, goyo, linlang, daya, pandaraya

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈloko/
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: lo‧ko

loko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)

1. covering of one's face up to the forehead and the ears
2. mourning; grief (due to death)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /loˈko/
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lo‧ko

lokó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)

1. puddle in holes on the road (usually due to rain)

   Synonym: labak

2. a type of sweet potato
3. a type of container (similar to the balaong)

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