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English
Etymology
From Japanese 有効.
Noun
yuko (plural yukos)
- (judo) The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 25:As with yukos, kokas are not accumulative, so no amount of kokas are deemed equal to or greater than a yuko.
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Masbatenyo
Noun
yuko
- act of bowing the head
Derived terms
Swahili
Verb
yuko
- third-person singular (m class(I)) positive degree present of -wako (“he/she is (around there)”)
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *yukúq (“to stoop, bend down”). Compare Masbatenyo yuko. Doublet of yukos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
yukô (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜃᜓ)
- with the head or body bent forward
- Synonyms: nakayuko, nakauko, nakaukod, nakayukod, uko, ukod, yukod, tungo
- bowing one's head in defeat
- Synonym: suko
Noun
yukô (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜃᜓ)
- act of bending the body or lowering the head forward (as in when passing a low clearance)
- Synonyms: pag-uko, pag-ukod, pagyukod, uko, ukod, yukod
- bent position of the head or body
- condescension; obeisance
- Synonyms: pagpapakumbaba, paggalang
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See also
Further reading
- “yuko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*yukúq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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