тако

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtakɔ]

Noun

тако • (tako) n

1. taco

Declension

Declension of тако

	singular	plural
indefinite	тако (tako)	такоа (takoa)
definite unspecified	такото (takoto)	такоата (takoata)
definite proximal	таково (takovo)	такоава (takoava)
definite distal	таконо (takono)	такоана (takoana)
vocative	тако (tako)	такоа (takoa)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic тако (tako) and Old Polish tak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkɔ/→/ˈtakɔ/→/ˈtakɔ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkɔ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtakɔ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtakɔ/

• Hyphenation: та‧ко

Adverb

тако (tako)

1. so, like that
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[1], page 4:

     красота воиноу ороужиѥ· и кораблѫ вѣтрила· тако и правьдникоу почитание книжьноѥ·

     krasota voinu oružije· i korablǫ větrila· tako i pravĭdniku počitanije knižĭnoje·

     To a warrior his weapon is a virtue, and to a ship its sails; and in the same way the reading of books to a righteous person.

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: та́къ (ták), та́ко (táko)
  • Belarusian: так (tak)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: так (tak)
  • Ukrainian: так (tak)
• Russian: так (tak)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “тако”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 917

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic тако (tako).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎkoː/
  • IPA^(key): /tǎːko/ (Dalmatia)
• Hyphenation: та‧ко

Adverb

та̀ко̄ (Latin spelling tàkō)

1. so, in such a way, in that way

   приђи ближе тако да те боље видим ― come closer so that I can see you better

   ако тако мислиш.. ― if you think/feel that way...

2. so, so much

   он је тако паметан! ― he is so smart!

   она тако дивно п(ј)ева! ― she sings so beatifically!

   тако те волим ― I love you so much

3. idiomatic and figurative meanings

   тако је! ― that's right!

   и тако даље ― and so on

   тако рећи ― that is to say, so as to say

   баш тако! ― just like that!

   тако или никако ― take it or leave it

Related terms

• ова̀ко̄
• она̀ко̄

See also

• та̀ка̄в

References

• “тако”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026