luko

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare lukot.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Verb

luko

1. to curl; to form a curl

Anagrams

• kulo, kuol, luok, ukol, ulok

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluko/

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• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

luko (accusative singular lukon, plural lukoj, accusative plural lukojn)

1. porthole

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -ukɔ
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

luko f

1. vocative singular of luka

Samoan

Le luko.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ko/
• Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

Descendants

• → Tokelauan: luko (learned)

References

• George Pratt (1861), Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press, page 222

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

luko (Cyrillic spelling луко)

1. vocative singular of luka

Slovene

Noun

luko

1. accusative/instrumental singular of luka

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• loco — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• loko

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈluko/ [ˈluː.xo]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. alternative form of loko

Adjective

luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. alternative form of loko

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈkoʔ/ [lʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

lukô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. a type of large grain basket similar to the balaong

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈluko/ [ˈluː.xo]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)

1. covering of one's face up to the forehead and the ears
2. mourning; grief (due to death)
3. a kind of black cap or biretta worn for mourning

Derived terms

• ipagluko
• lukuhan
• lukuhin
• magluko
• paglukuhan

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈko/ [lʊˈxo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

lukó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)

1. puddle in holes on the road (usually due to rain)

   Synonym: labak

Derived terms

• luko-lukuhan
• magluko
• maluko

See also

• danaw
• ludlod
• salog

Etymology 5

Compare Pangasinan loko (“gabi plant”) and Sambali loko (“gabi”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈko/ [lʊˈxo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

lukó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)

1. a type of sweet potato

See also

• gabe
• luklok

Further reading

• “luko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 395: “Luto) Loco (pp) por los muertos, eſte loco era vno como birrete negro q̃ traian por luto”

Anagrams

• ukol, ulok, kulo

Tokelauan

Te luko.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Samoan luko, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlu.ko]
• Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 196

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lū.kō/

Verb

luko

1. (sometimes offensive, derogatory) to be primitive, to be dim-witted

   Coordinate term: lajú (“to be civilised”)

Derived terms

• oluko (“primitive person; unsophisticated person”)