foko

See also: fok'o

Esperanto

Ordinara foko (Phoca vitulina) enmare, Svalbardo, Norvegio

Etymology

From French foque, Italian foca, Polish foka, all from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈfoko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Hyphenation: fo‧ko

Noun

foko (accusative singular fokon, plural fokoj, accusative plural fokojn)

1. seal (marine mammal)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔkɔ
• Syllabification: fo‧ko

Noun

foko

1. vocative singular of foka

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Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Sahu wo'olo (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ko/

Verb

foko

1. (stative) to be pregnant

Conjugation

Conjugation of foko
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tofoko	fofoko	mifoko
2nd	nofoko	nifoko
3rd	Masculine	ofoko	ifoko, yofoko†
Feminine	mofoko
Neuter	ifoko
† - archaic

References

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