tukil

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tukil, from Classical Malay توکيل (tukil), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tu‧kil

Noun

tukil (plural tukil-tukil)

  1. a bamboo cylinder for juice obtained from the blossom of the coconut palm or sugar palm
    Hypernym: tabung

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.

Pronunciation

Noun

tukil (Jawi spelling توکيل, plural tukil-tukil, informal 1st possessive tukilku, 2nd possessive tukilmu, 3rd possessive tukilnya)

  1. bamboo vessel
    Hypernym: tabung
    tebuan dalam tukil
    making a terrible buzz, fig. for the devil of a fuss
    (literally, “a hornet in a bamboo vessel”)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tukil

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.

Pronunciation

Noun

tukil (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. short medium-sized bamboo container, about one or two internodes in length

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