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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoko/

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• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification: fo‧ko

Noun

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

1. seal (marine mammal)

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

foko

1. vocative singular of foka

Swahili

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.kɔ/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فَوْقَ (fawqa).

Adverb

foko

1. more, extra, many, plenty

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English forklift.

Noun

foko class IX (plural foko class X)

1. forklift

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 person		tofoko	fofoko	mifoko
2nd person		nofoko	nifoko
3rd person	masculine	ofoko	ifoko yofoko (archaic)
	feminine	mofoko
	neuter	ifoko

References

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