bako

See also: bakó, bàkò, and Bako

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ko
• IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [bɐˈkoʔ]

Adjective

bakô (Badlit spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. hunched, stooped

   Synonym: yuko

Derived terms

• bakoon
• magbako
• mobako

Central Bikol

Etymology

Compare Malay bukan (“not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [baˈkoʔ]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ko

Particle

bakô (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. not

   Coordinate terms: iyo, dai, habo

   Bako man iyan an sinabi ko. ― That's not what I said.

   Bako daa siya. ― It's not really him/her.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbako/ [ˈba.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

Noun

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Minangkabau) paternal family

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?] (Sibolga).

Noun

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Sibolga) wooden fence support posts

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kamang [Term?].

Noun

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. black pomegranate

   Synonym: delima

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Sumbawa [Term?].

Noun

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Sumbawa) sambal made from grilled fish seasoned with chili, shallots and salt, then mixed with basil leaves and grated coconut

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦏꦺꦴ (bako, “tobacco”), from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

Noun

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Java) dried tobacco

Further reading

• “bako”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ko/
• Rhymes: -ko, -o
• Hyphenation: ba‧ko

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

Noun

bako

1. tobacco

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bako

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay bakau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw.

Noun

bako

1. mangrove

Further reading

• “bako”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

Noun

bako f

1. vocative singular of baka

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bako (Cyrillic spelling бако)

1. vocative singular of baka

Southern Catanduanes Bikol

Particle

bakô

1. not

   Coordinate terms: iyo, dai

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈko/

Noun

bako

1. tobacco

   Di gigireun jalan, aya toko nu sapopoé icalan bako.

   On the side of the road, there's a store that sells tobacco daily.

References

• Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba(ŋ)kuq (“curve, bump, bend”). Compare Cebuano bako.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [bɐˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

Noun

bakô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. uneven spots on a road (such as potholes, lumps, cobblestones, etc.)
2. unevenness of the road surface
3. (figurative) unexpected failure; unexpected disappointment

Derived terms

• bako-bako
• kabakuan
• mabako
• mapabako
• pagkabako

Anagrams

• abok, kabo

Venda

Noun

bako

1. cave