tuko

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Asi

Noun

tuko

  1. gecko

Bikol Central

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈkoʔ/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. gecko

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈkoʔ/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
  2. sound made by a tokay gecko
  3. (slang) penis

Quotations

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Anagrams

Esperanto

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Tuch and Yiddish טוך (tukh), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”). Compare Dutch doek, English duck, Japanese ズック (zukku), Old Norse dúkr.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tuko (accusative singular tukon, plural tukoj, accusative plural tukojn)

  1. cloth

Derived terms

Hiligaynon

Noun

tuko

  1. gecko

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

tuko

  1. gecko

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.kɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ukɔ
  • Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tuko f

  1. vocative singular of tuka

Somali

Verb

tuko

  1. to pray

Swahili

Verb

tuko

  1. first-person plural positive degree present of -wako (“we are (around there)”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic, imitative of its mating call approximated as “tuk-o”. Compare Ilocano tekka, Bikol Central tuko, Cebuano tiki, Maranao tagetek, Tausug tukki', and Malay tokek. See also Malay cecak.

Pronunciation

Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. gecko (especially the tokay gecko)
    Synonyms: sakon, geko
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ) (medicine)

  1. measles
    Synonym: tigdas
  2. (dialectal) chicken pox; varicella
    Synonym: bulutong-tubig

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

tukó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. act of cleaning tiny apertures with something pointed (to facilitate functioning)
    Synonyms: sundot, kikig
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tuko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tektek”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tuko

  1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuko
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totuko fotuko mituko
2nd notuko nituko
3rd Masculine otuko ituko, yotuko†
Feminine motuko
Neuter ituko
† - archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tiruray

Noun

tuko

  1. (anatomy) upper lip
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