toco

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See also: tóco, tocó, tǫco, and toco-

English

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Etymology 1

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Shortening.

Noun

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toco (plural tocos)

  1. Clipping of tocodynamometer.

Etymology 2

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From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, to strike, hit, beat), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (*ṭhokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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toco (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes, “Rugby and Football”, in Tom Brown's School Days[2], London: Macmilla and Co., published 1928, page 95:
      The School leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags nearest at hand; they may well be angry, for it is all Lombard-street to a china orange that the School-house kick a goal with the ball touched in such a good place.
    • 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, The Mikado[3], London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1911, act 1, page 17:
      Yum-Yum: But as I'm engaged to Ko-Ko, / To embrace you thus, con fuoco, / Would distinctly be no gioco, / And for yam I should get toco
      Both: Toco, toco, toco, toco.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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From Tupian.

Noun

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toco (plural tocos)

  1. a toco toucan
    • 2007, Les Beletsky, Bird Songs from Around the World, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 90:
      The Toco Toucan is surely among the most striking of the toucans, with its black-and-white body and enormous yellow-orange bill. [...] Tocos make loud rattling or clacking sounds with their bills.
    • 2014, R. Eric Miller, Murray E. Fowler, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8 - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 234:
      Diabetes mellitus has been reported in tocos (R. toco) and keel-billed toucans.

Anagrams

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Asturian

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Verb

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toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

Galician

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A Toca Roman mine

Etymology 1

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From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).[1]

Akin to Spanish tocón (stump).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtoko̝/, (northwestern) /ˈtɔko̝/

Adjective

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toco (feminine toca, masculine plural tocos, feminine plural tocas)

  1. maimed; one-handed; one-armed

Noun

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toco m (plural tocos)

  1. burrow, den
    Synonyms: tobo, pala
  2. stump
    Synonyms: cepa, coto, cozo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

References

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  1. ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique[1], volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, page 20

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Unknown. Compare Spanish tueco (stump), tocón (stump) and Galician toco (burrow, stump).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oku
  • Hyphenation: to‧co

Noun

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toco m (plural tocos, metaphonic)

  1. stub, stump (something cut short, blunted, or stunted)
Usage notes
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  • Infopédia and Priberam disagree on whether this noun is metaphonic in the plural. Infopédia says yes, Priberam says no.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔku
  • Hyphenation: to‧co

Verb

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toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtoko/ [ˈt̪o.ko]
  • Rhymes: -oko
  • Syllabification: to‧co

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Quechua t'uqu (hole).

Noun

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toco m (plural tocos)

  1. (Bolivia) a tree trunk cut to make a seat

Etymology 2

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Verb

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toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

Further reading

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