taiko
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 太鼓 (たいこ taiko), from 太 (tʰàj, “great”) + 鼓 (kú, “drum”).
Noun
[edit]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).
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]taiko (plural taikos)
- The Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae).
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 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.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]taiko
Declension
[edit]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. |
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[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Chinese 大君, from Japanese 大君 (taikun). Doublet of taikun.
Noun
[edit]taiko (first-person possessive taikoku, second-person possessive taikomu, third-person possessive taikonya)
- tycoon: a wealthy and powerful business person.
- Synonyms: konglomerat, taipan
Etymology 2
[edit]From Chinese Hokkien 癩哥/癞哥 (thái-ko, “leprosy”).
Noun
[edit]taiko (first-person possessive taikoku, second-person possessive taikomu, third-person possessive taikonya)
Further reading
[edit]- “taiko” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
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Woleaian
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- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sumo
- en:Musical instruments
- English terms with quotations
- en:Percussion instruments
- en:Tubenose birds
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑiko
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑiko/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Musical instruments
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Chinese
- Indonesian terms derived from Chinese
- Indonesian terms derived from Japanese
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian uncountable nouns
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Woleaian terms borrowed from Japanese
- Woleaian terms derived from Japanese
- Woleaian lemmas
- Woleaian nouns