koku
See also: kok-ú
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
koku (plural kokus or koku)
- A unit of measure in feudal Japan, the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Malay koku, clipping of kokurikulum (“cocurriculum”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
koku
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
koku
Latvian edit
Noun edit
koku m
- inflection of koks:
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of kokurikulum (“cocurriculum”).
Noun edit
koku
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قوقو (koku). Related to kokmak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
koku (definite accusative kokuyu, plural kokular)
- smell, odor/odour
- stench, stink, pungency
- (figurative) inkling, sign, indication
Declension edit
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Nominative | koku | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kokuyu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | koku | kokular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kokuyu | kokuları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | kokuya | kokulara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kokuda | kokularda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | kokudan | kokulardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | kokunun | kokuların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also edit
References edit
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN