tuko

Asi

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. After the animal's call.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ko
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [tuˈkoʔ]

Noun

tukô

1. gecko

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Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. After the animal's call.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ko
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkoʔ]

Noun

tuko

1. the tokay gecko ()
2. the sound of a tokay gecko
3. (slang) the penis

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuko.

Anagrams

• kuot, kuto, tuok, ukot, utok

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tuch and Yiddish טוך (tukh), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”). Compare Dutch doek, English duck, Japanese ズック (zukku), Old Norse dúkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuko]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tuko (accusative singular tukon, plural tukoj, accusative plural tukojn)

1. cloth

Derived terms

• antaŭtuko (“apron”)
• bantuko (“towel”)
• poŝtuko (“handkerchief”)
• tablotuko (“tablecloth”)
• vindotuko (“diaper”)
• viŝtuko (“duster”)
• zontuko (“loincloth”)

 

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Hiligaynon

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

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Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -ukɔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tuko f

1. vocative singular of tuka

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Somali

Verb

tuko

1. to pray

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Swahili

Verb

tuko

1. first-person plural of -ko: we are (around there)

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Most likely onomatopoeic, imitative of its mating call approximated as "tuk-o". Compare Bikol Central tuko, Cebuano tuko, Ilocano tekka, and Malay tokek.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ko
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/, [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]

Noun

tukô

1. gecko (especially the tokay gecko)

Derived terms

• isdantuko
• kapit-tuko

 

See also

• butiki
• sasak

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ko
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/, [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]

Noun

tukô

1. (medicine) measles

   Synonym: tigdas

2. (medicine, dialectal) chicken pox; varicella

   Synonym: bulutong-tubig

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ko
• IPA^(key): /tuˈko/, [t̪ʊˈxo]

Noun

tukó

1. act of cleaning tiny apertures with something pointed (to facilitate functioning)

   Synonyms: sundot, kikig

Derived terms

• pagtuko

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ko]

Verb

tuko

1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuko
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totuko	fotuko	mituko
2nd	notuko	nituko
3rd	Masculine	otuko	ituko, yotuko†
Feminine	motuko
Neuter	ituko
† - archaic

References

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

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Tiruray

Noun

tuko

1. (anatomy) upper lip