iku
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
iku
Acehnese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ, compare Malay ekor.
Noun edit
iku
- tail (appendage of an animal)
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
iku
- Romanization of 𐌹𐌺𐌿
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *ikur, *ikuŋ (compare Brunei Malay ekong, Malay ekor, Minangkabau ikua), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, *ikuŋ (compare Acehnese iku, Balinese ikut, Buginese ikkoʔ), from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
iku
Classifier edit
iku
- Classifier used for animals and people.
- Tiga iku mayau ― Three cats
- Dua puluh iku pengajar ― Twenty teachers
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
iku
Javanese edit
Alternative forms edit
- kuwi (dialectal)
Determiner edit
iku
Kanakanabu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
iku
- I (personal pronoun)
Yilan Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 行く (iku, “to go”).
Verb edit
iku (realis negative ikanay, irrealis negative ikang)
- to go
Related terms edit
References edit
- Chien Yuehchen, Shinji Sanada (2011) “台湾の宜蘭クレオールにおける否定辞―「ナイ」と「ン」の変容をめぐって― [Negation in Taiwan’s Yilan Creole: Focusing on -nay and -ng]”, in 言語研究 [Gengo Kenkyu][1], number 140, pages 73-87
- 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
i- (“non-gerundive nominalizer”) + kú (“to die”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ikú
- death
- Synonyms: ìwàjà, ìtẹrígbaṣọ, ìpapòdà (euphemisms)
Derived terms edit
Yosondúa Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mixtec *íkú.
Adverb edit
iku
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)[3] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 10