iku

Translingual

Symbol

iku

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Inuktitut.

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ, compare Malay ekor.

Noun

iku

1. tail (appendage of an animal)

Gothic

Romanization

iku

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌺𐌿

Japanese

Romanization

iku

1. Rōmaji transcription of いく

Javanese

Alternative forms

• kuwi (dialectal)

Determiner

iku

1. that, those

Kanakanabu

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

iku

1. I (personal pronoun)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ukú

Etymology

i- (“non-gerundive nominalizer”) +‎ kú (“to die”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.kú/

Noun

ikú

1. death

   Synonyms: ìwàjà, ìtẹrígbaṣọ, ìpapòdà (euphemisms)

Derived terms

• ọjọ́ ikú (“time of death”)
• Ikú (“the personification of death”)

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *íkú.

Adverb

iku

1. yesterday

Derived terms

• iku ñuu
• jakuaa iku

 

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 10