tuko

Asi

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

Bikol Central

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [tuˈkoʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. gecko

See also

• butiki
• tabili
• tagaw

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkoʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
2. sound made by a tokay gecko
3. (slang) penis

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuko.

Anagrams

• kuot, kuto, tuok, ukot, utok

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tuch and Yiddish טוך (tukh), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”). Compare Dutch doek, English duck, Japanese ズック (zukku), Old Norse dúkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuko/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tuko (accusative singular tukon, plural tukoj, accusative plural tukojn)

1. cloth

Derived terms

• antaŭtuko (“apron”)
• bantuko (“towel”)
• litotuko (“bed sheet”)
• poŝtuko (“handkerchief”)
• tablotuko (“tablecloth”)
• vindotuko (“diaper”)
• viŝtuko (“duster”)
• zontuko (“loincloth”)

Hiligaynon

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tuko f

1. vocative singular of tuka

Somali

Verb

tuko

1. to pray

Swahili

Verb

tuko

1. first-person plural positive degree present of -wako (“we are (around there)”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic, imitative of its mating call approximated as “tuk-o”. Compare Ilocano tekka, Bikol Central tuko, Cebuano tiki, Maranao tagetek, Tausug tukki', and Malay tokek. See also Malay cecak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. gecko (especially the tokay gecko)

   Synonyms: sakon, geko

Derived terms

• isdangtuko
• kambal-tuko
• kapit-tuko

See also

• butiki
• sasak

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ) (medicine)

1. measles

   Synonym: tigdas

2. (dialectal) chicken pox; varicella

   Synonym: bulutong-tubig

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈko/ [t̪ʊˈxo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tukó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. act of cleaning tiny apertures with something pointed (to facilitate functioning)

   Synonyms: sundot, kikig

Derived terms

• pagtuko

Further reading

• “tuko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tektek”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• kuto

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ko]

Verb

tuko

1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuko

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totuko	fotuko	mituko
2nd person		notuko	nituko
3rd person	masculine	otuko	ituko yotuko (archaic)
	feminine	motuko
	neuter	ituko

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tiruray

Noun

tuko

1. (anatomy) upper lip