teko

See also: tekô and tekö

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteko/
• Hyphenation: te‧ko
• Rhymes: -eko

Noun

teko (accusative singular tekon, plural tekoj, accusative plural tekojn)

1. briefcase

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko. Equivalent to tek +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eko

Noun

teko

1. act, deed
2. achievement
   • Se oli mahtava teko.
     • It was a great achievement.
3. As modifier in a compound term, signifies artificial, manmade, false, mock, cod, simulated.
   • tekohammas = false tooth
   • tekolatina = cod Latin
   • tekonahka = simulated leather
   • tekopyhä = hypocritical
   • tekosilkki = artificial silk
   • tekotimantti = manmade diamond
4. As modifier in a compound term, refers to a deed, especially in a legal context.
   • tekopaikka = the location where an act takes place; crime scene
   • tekotapa = way of doing something, method
   • tekoväline = any object that is used as the means of committing a crime

Declension

Inflection of teko (Kotus type 1/valo, k- gradation)
nominative		teko	teot
genitive		teon	tekojen
partitive		tekoa	tekoja
illative		tekoon	tekoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		teko	teot
accusative	nom.	teko	teot
	gen.	teon
genitive		teon	tekojen
partitive		tekoa	tekoja
inessive		teossa	teoissa
elative		teosta	teoista
illative		tekoon	tekoihin
adessive		teolla	teoilla
ablative		teolta	teoilta
allative		teolle	teoille
essive		tekona	tekoina
translative		teoksi	teoiksi
instructive		—	teoin
abessive		teotta	teoitta
comitative		—	tekoineen

Synonyms

• (achievement): saavutus
• (artificial): keino-

Derived terms

As a modifier teko- can be combined with a large number of nouns and adjectives. Some of the most common combinations are listed below.

• tekohammas
• tekohengitys
• tekojalka
• tekokukka
• tekokuu

• tekokäsi
• tekopaikka
• tekopyhä
• tekosilkki
• tekosilmä

• tekosiveä
• tekosyy
• tekotapa
• tekotimantti
• tekoväline

Related terms

• keinotekoinen

Anagrams

• ekto-, keot, keto, koet

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Noun

teko

1. deed

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Japanese

Romanization

teko

1. Rōmaji transcription of てこ

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teko.

Noun

teko

1. deed