doko

English

Noun

doko (plural dokos)

1. (archaic) A lepidosiren.
   • 1887, Henry Davenport Northrop, Earth, sea and sky: or, marvels of the universe (page 683)

     If the water, which the doko has chosen for its habitation becomes dried up, it wraps itself in a kind of a capsule of mud […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “doko” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• dook, kodo

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Chichewa

Etymology

Unknown. Sometimes claimed to be a borrowing from English dock, which is extremely unlikely due to the term being attested in the dictionary of Johannes Rebmann, compiled before contact with English speakers, as well due to the implosive consonant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɗo.ko/

Noun

doko 5 (plural madoko 6)

1. harbor or landing place for boats

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Japanese

Romanization

doko

1. Rōmaji transcription of どこ

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Nupe

Dòkò gútá

Etymology 1

From Hausa dōkī̀

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dò.kò/

Noun

dòkò (plural dòkòzhì)

1. horse

Derived terms

• dòkòci (“horse-rider”)
• dòkòkpaci (“horse keeper”)
• dòkòm̄bà (“horse stable”)
• dòkòtúcí (“horse-rider”)
• dòkò yankpa (“bicycle”)
• dòkòzànwúci (“horse trainer”)
• láyadòkò (“horse collar”)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dó.kó/

Verb

dókó

1. to plan; to consider

Derived terms

• kódó (“planning”)

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Shona

Adjective

-dóko

1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection

Inflected forms of -dóko

singular			plural
Class 1		mudóko	Class 2		vadóko
Class 3		mudóko	Class 4		midóko
Class 5		dóko	Class 6		madóko
Class 7		chidóko	Class 8		zvidóko
Class 9		dóko	Class 10		dóko
Class 11		rudóko
Class 12		kadóko	Class 13		tudóko
Class 14		udóko
Class 15		kudóko
Locative classes
Class 16	padóko	Class 17	kudóko	Class 18	mudóko

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdo.ko]

Noun

doko (Jawi دوکو‎)

1. Areca glandiformis

References

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