taiko
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Japanese 太鼓 (たいこ taiko), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 太 (tʰàj "great") + 鼓 (kú "drum").
Noun
taiko (plural taikos)
- (sumo) A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a tournament, and at the end of each day
(music) A Japanese drum or a performance of several drummers in an ensemble (also called kumi-daiko).A taiko performance.
Etymology 2
Noun
taiko (plural taikos)
- The Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae).
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 61:
- The taiko, a gadfly petrel from the Chatham Islands near to New Zealand, was well known to islanders during the nineteenth century, being used by them as a food resource.
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 61:
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
taiko
Declension
Inflection of taiko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | taiko | taikot | ||
genitive | taikon | taikojen | ||
partitive | taikoa | taikoja | ||
illative | taikoon | taikoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | taiko | taikot | ||
accusative | nom. | taiko | taikot | |
gen. | taikon | |||
genitive | taikon | taikojen | ||
partitive | taikoa | taikoja | ||
inessive | taikossa | taikoissa | ||
elative | taikosta | taikoista | ||
illative | taikoon | taikoihin | ||
adessive | taikolla | taikoilla | ||
ablative | taikolta | taikoilta | ||
allative | taikolle | taikoille | ||
essive | taikona | taikoina | ||
translative | taikoksi | taikoiksi | ||
abessive | taikotta | taikoitta | ||
instructive | — | taikoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
Woleaian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 太鼓 (たいこ taiko)
Noun
taiko
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- English terms derived from Middle Chinese
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- en:Sumo
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- en:Tubenose birds
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Musical instruments
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Woleaian terms derived from Japanese
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- Woleaian nouns