tuka

See also: tuką

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuk.

Noun

tukâ

1. beak; bill (of a bird)

Verb

tukâ

1. to peck, to strike or pierce with the beak or bill

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuk.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ka
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkaʔ]

Verb

tuka

1. to peck, to strike or pierce with the beak or bill

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Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

tuka

1. name.

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Estonian

Noun

tuka

1. genitive singular of tukk

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Northern Sotho

Verb

tuka

1. to cremate

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Pangasinan

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit चुक्रा (cukrā, “tamarind tree”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”). Cognate with Bikol Central suka, Cebuano suka, Ilocano suka, Maranao soka', Tagalog suka, and Tausug suka.

Noun

tuká

1. vinegar

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Polish

Noun

tuka f

1. a type of fishing net

Declension

Declension of tuka

	singular	plural
nominative	tuka	tuki
genitive	tuki	tuk
dative	tuce	tukom
accusative	tukę	tuki
instrumental	tuką	tukami
locative	tuce	tukach
vocative	tuko	tuki

Further reading

• tuka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tuka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tûka/
• Hyphenation: tu‧ka

Noun

tȕka f (Cyrillic spelling ту̏ка)

1. turkey (female)
2. (derogatory) foolish or stupid woman

Declension

Declension of tuka

	singular	plural
nominative	tȕka	tuke
genitive	tuke	tȗkā
dative	tuki	tukama
accusative	tuku	tuke
vocative	tuko	tuke
locative	tuki	tukama
instrumental	tukom	tukama

Antonyms

• puran

References

• “tuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Sotho

Verb

tuka

1. to burn

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *tuk.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ka
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkaʔ/, [t̪ʊˈxaʔ]

Noun

tukâ

1. beak; bill (of a bird)
2. peck; stroke (of a beak or bill of a bird)

   Synonyms: pagtuka, tuktok, pagtuktok

3. mark made by such a peck or stroke
4. feeding time for fowls (in pecking seeds, grain, etc.)

   Synonym: pagpapatuka

5. sudden bite (of a snake, etc.)

   Synonym: tuklaw

Derived terms

• ipatuka
• magpatuka
• manuka
• matuka
• pagpapatuka
• pagtuka
• patuka
• patukaan
• patukain
• tukaan
• tukain
• tumuka

 

Etymology 2

See toka.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ˈtuka/, [ˈt̪uː.xɐ]

Noun

tuka

1. Alternative form of toka

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Tiruray

Noun

tuka

1. peninsula

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West Makian

Etymology

Likely from Malay tukar, from Portuguese trocar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.ka/

Verb

tuka

1. (transitive) to change

   ituka mefi ― it's shedding its skin (of a snake)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuka (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totuka	motuka	atuka
2nd person		notuka	fotuka
3rd person	inanimate	ituka	dotuka
	animate
imperative		nutuka, tuka	futuka, tuka

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

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Yoruba

Alternative forms

• tú ká

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tú.ká/

Verb

túká

1. (splitting verb, transitive, intransitive) to disperse, to dissolve
2. (splitting verb, ergative) to scatter
3. (splitting verb, with ojú) to be cheerful, to cheer up

   Synonym: tújúká

Derived terms

• ìtúká (“dispersal”)
• ìtúniká (“dismissal”)
• ìtẹ́gbẹ́ká (“dissolution”)