naku

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑku/,
• Rhymes: -ɑku
• Hyphenation^(key): na‧ku

From Swedish naken (“naked”).

naku (comparative nakumpi, superlative nakuin) (colloquial)

1. naked, nude

• (naked): alaston

• “naku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Back-formation from nakuttaa (“to knock (as of a diesel engine)”).

naku (colloquial)

1. diesel car (automobile powered with a diesel engine)
2. diesel engine

• (diesel car): diesel, dieselauto
• (diesel engine): diesel, dieselmoottori

• akun, kuna

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ku/,

naku

1. (intransitive) to suffer gas pains

• nākuʻi

naku

1. Rōmaji transcription of なく

• naco, nacu — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• nako

Univerbation of ina (“mother”) +‎ ko (“my”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naˈku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: na‧ku

nakú (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃᜓ)

1. an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, fear, pain, etc.: oh my; my goodness

   Synonym: (Rizal) inakaw

• “naku”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• John Kaufmann (1934) Visayan-English Dictionary‎ (overall work in Hiligaynon and English), page 324

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naku

1. here, there (when presenting or pointing to something)

• sid'

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вот, тут”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika