luko

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Cebuano

Etymology

Compare lukot.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Verb

luko

  1. to curl; to form a curl

Quotations

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Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko (accusative singular lukon, plural lukoj, accusative plural lukojn)

  1. porthole

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlukɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ukɔ
  • Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

luko f

  1. vocative singular of luka

Samoan

Le luko.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.ko/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko

  1. wolf (Canis lupus)

Descendants

  • → Tokelauan: luko (learned)

References

  • George Pratt (1861) Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press, page 222

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

luko (Cyrillic spelling луко)

  1. vocative singular of luka

Slovene

Noun

luko

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of luka

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of loko

Adjective

luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of loko

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

lukô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of loko: a type of container (similar to the balaong)

Anagrams

Tokelauan

Te luko.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Samoan luko, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko

  1. wolf (Canis lupus)

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 196

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Verb

luko

  1. (sometimes offensive, derogatory) to be primitive, to be dim-witted
    Coordinate term: lajú (“to be civilised”)

Derived terms

  • oluko (“primitive person; unsophisticated person”)
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