doko
English edit
Noun edit
doko (plural dokos)
- (archaic) A lungfish.
- 1887, Henry Davenport Northrop, Earth, sea and sky: or, marvels of the universe, page 683:
- If the water, which the doko has chosen for its habitation becomes dried up, it wraps itself in a kind of a capsule of mud […]
- a kind of basket made from bamboo, used by porters in Nepal, Bhutan and northern India.
References edit
- “doko”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Chichewa edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Sometimes claimed to be a borrowing from English dock, which is extremely unlikely due to the term being attested in the dictionary of Johannes Rebmann, compiled before contact with English speakers, as well due to the implosive consonant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doko class 5 (plural madoko class 6)
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From German Dock, Yiddish דאָק (dok), English dock, all ultimately from Dutch dok.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doko (accusative singular dokon, plural dokoj, accusative plural dokojn)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
doko
Nupe edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dòkò (plural dòkòzhì)
Derived terms edit
- dòkò yankpa (“bicycle”)
- dòkòci (“horse-rider”)
- dòkòkpaci (“horse keeper”)
- dòkòm̄bà (“horse stable”)
- dòkòtúci (“horse-rider”)
- dòkòzànwúci (“horse trainer”)
- láyadòkò (“horse collar”)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dókó
Derived terms edit
- kódó (“planning”)
Shona edit
Adjective edit
-dóko
Inflection edit
Inflected forms of -dóko
singular | plural | ||||
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Class 1 | mudóko | Class 2 | vadóko | ||
Class 3 | mudóko | Class 4 | midóko | ||
Class 5 | dóko | Class 6 | madóko | ||
Class 7 | chidóko | Class 8 | zvidóko | ||
Class 9 | dóko | Class 10 | dóko | ||
Class 11 | rudóko | ||||
Class 12 | kadóko | Class 13 | tudóko | ||
Class 14 | udóko | ||||
Class 15 | kudóko | ||||
Locative classes | |||||
Class 16 | padóko | Class 17 | kudóko | Class 18 | mudóko |
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
doko (Jawi دوکو)
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yilan Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese どこ (doko, “where”).
Pronoun edit
doko
Coordinate terms edit
- kore, are, dore
- koci, aci, doko
- kono, ano, dono
- konna no, anna no, donna no
- konnasite, annasite, donnasite
References edit
- Chien Yuehchen (2019) “日本語を上層とする 宜蘭クレオールの指示詞”, in 社会言語科学 [The Japanese Journal of Language in Society][1], volume 21, number 2, pages 50-65