gekko
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]gekko (plural gekkos or gekkoes)
- Alternative spelling of gecko
- 1965, Ian Fleming, chapter 7, in The Man with the Golden Gun:
- Egrets, shrikes, and Louisiana herons rose and settled lazily, and there were strange insect noises and the call of frogs and gekkos.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear, but originating in the Malay Archipelago. Borrowings from Malay and Acehnese have been proposed.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gekko m (plural gekko's)
- a gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae or infraorder Gekkota
Hypernyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: gecko (probably)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Dutch gekko.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gekko
Declension
[edit]Inflection of gekko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | gekko | gekot | |
genitive | gekon | gekkojen | |
partitive | gekkoa | gekkoja | |
illative | gekkoon | gekkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | gekko | gekot | |
accusative | nom. | gekko | gekot |
gen. | gekon | ||
genitive | gekon | gekkojen | |
partitive | gekkoa | gekkoja | |
inessive | gekossa | gekoissa | |
elative | gekosta | gekoista | |
illative | gekkoon | gekkoihin | |
adessive | gekolla | gekoilla | |
ablative | gekolta | gekoilta | |
allative | gekolle | gekoille | |
essive | gekkona | gekkoina | |
translative | gekoksi | gekoiksi | |
abessive | gekotta | gekoitta | |
instructive | — | gekoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “gekko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoer, definite plural gekkoene)
- a gecko
References
[edit]- “gekko” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoar, definite plural gekkoane)
- a gecko
References
[edit]- “gekko” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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