tukul

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English

Noun

tukul (plural tukuls)

  1. (often italicized) A cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa
    • 1987, Tudor Parfitt, The Thirteenth Gate: Travels Among the Lost Tribes of Israel, page 136:
      The women were sitting in groups in front of their tukuls.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tukul (hammer).

Pronunciation

Noun

tukul (first-person possessive tukulku, second-person possessive tukulmu, third-person possessive tukulnya)

  1. (rare) hammer
    Synonyms: martil, palu

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Malay

Noun

tukul (Jawi spelling توکول, plural tukul-tukul, informal 1st possessive tukulku, 2nd possessive tukulmu, 3rd possessive tukulnya)

  1. hammer
    Synonym: martil

Sumerian

Romanization

tukul

  1. Romanization of 𒆪 (tukul)

Tausug

Noun

tukul

  1. hammer

Verb

tukul

  1. to hammer