tako

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).

Noun

tako (uncountable)

  1. The flesh of octopus as used in sushi.

Anagrams

Aiwoo

Verb

tako

  1. to sew (clothing)

References

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtako/,
  • IPA(key): /ˈtakoʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ko

Noun

táko or takò (Basahan spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)

  1. a cue; snooker/billard stick.
  2. (slang) a punch
    Synonyms: suntok, dali, bugti

Derived terms

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈtakoʔ/,

Noun

tako

  1. a cue; the stick used to ptopel the ball in snooker, billards, etc.

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

Noun

tako

  1. human being; person

Esperanto

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Takoj

Etymology

From Spanish taco.

Pronunciation

Noun

tako (accusative singular takon, plural takoj, accusative plural takojn)

  1. taco
    Damne, la tortiljo de mia tako rompiĝis.
    Damn, my taco's tortilla broke.

Guaraní

Noun

tako (dependent form rako, third-person possessed form hako)

  1. vagina

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).

Noun

tako

  1. octopus (usually in reference to food)
    Ono da tako poke.
    The octopus poke is delicious.

Japanese

Romanization

tako

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たこ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of タコ

O'odham

Noun

tako

  1. yesterday

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎkoː/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ko

Adverb

tàkō (Cyrillic spelling та̀ко̄)

  1. so, like that, in such a way
    priđi bliže tako da te bolje vidim ― come closer so that I can see you better
    ako tako misliš ― if you think so
  2. so, so much
    on je tako pametan! ― he is so smart!
    ona tako divno p(j)eva! ― she sings so beatifically!
    tako te volim ― I love you so much
  3. idiomatic and figurative meanings that refer to something being a specified way
    tako je! ― that's right! (literally, “so it is!”)
    i tako dalje ― and so on
    da tako kažem ― so to speak (literally, “to say it so”)
    baš tako! ― just like that!
    tako ili nikako ― take it or leave it (literally, “so or no other way”)

Related terms

See also

References

  • “tako” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

Adverb

takọ̑

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) thus (as a result)

Further reading

  • “tako”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìtákò.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

tako (ma class, plural matako)

  1. (usually in the plural) buttock
    Synonym: makalio

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtako/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ko

Noun

tako (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)

  1. (sports, billiards, pool) cue; billiard stick
  2. plug; wad; wadding
    Synonyms: pasak, pamasak

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈkoʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ko

Noun

takô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)

  1. act of slipping or tripping
    Synonyms: tapilok, tapyok, tisod
Derived terms

Waray-Waray

Noun

takô

  1. billiard cue
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