amouco

Galician

Verb

amouco

1. first-person singular present indicative of amoucar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo(w).ku/ [aˈmo(ʊ̯).ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo(w).ku/ [aˈmo(ʊ̯).ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmo(w).ko/ [aˈmo(ʊ̯).ko]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmo(w).ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmo(w).ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmow.ku/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmo.ku/

• Hyphenation: a‧mou‧co

Adjective

amouco (feminine amouca, masculine plural amoucos, feminine plural amoucas)

1. amok (in a frenzy of violence)

Descendants

• English: amok, amuck, amock
  • → Cebuano: amok
  • → Czech: amok
  • → Danish: amok (or directly from Dutch amok)
  • → Finnish: amok
  • → German: Amok
  • → Hebrew: אמוק (ámok)
  • → Polish: amok
  • → Norwegian: amok
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: амок
    • Latin script: amok
  • → Swedish: amok