abako

See also: ABAKO

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ábaco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abako/ [a.β̞a.ko]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ako, -o
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ko

Noun

abako inan

1. abacus

Declension

Declension of abako (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abako	abakoa	abakoak
ergative	abakok	abakoak	abakoek
dative	abakori	abakoari	abakoei
genitive	abakoren	abakoaren	abakoen
comitative	abakorekin	abakoarekin	abakoekin
causative	abakorengatik	abakoarengatik	abakoengatik
benefactive	abakorentzat	abakoarentzat	abakoentzat
instrumental	abakoz	abakoaz	abakoez
inessive	abakotan	abakoan	abakoetan
locative	abakotako	abakoko	abakoetako
allative	abakotara	abakora	abakoetara
terminative	abakotaraino	abakoraino	abakoetaraino
directive	abakotarantz	abakorantz	abakoetarantz
destinative	abakotarako	abakorako	abakoetarako
ablative	abakotatik	abakotik	abakoetatik
partitive	abakorik	—	—
prolative	abakotzat	—	—

Further reading

• “abako”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Esperanto

Etymology

From English abacus, French abaque, German Abakus, Italian abaco, Polish abakus, Russian аба́к (abák), all from Latin abacus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbako/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ko

Noun

abako (accusative singular abakon, plural abakoj, accusative plural abakojn)

1. (architecture) abacus (uppermost portion of the capital of a column)
2. abacus (device for performing arithmetical calculations)
3. nomogram, abaque

Descendants

• → Ido: abako

Further reading

• “abako”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
• “abak”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto abako, English abacus, French abaque, German Abakus, Italian abaco, Russian аба́к (abák), all from Latin abacus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbako/

Noun

abako (plural abaki)

1. abacus

Further reading

• abak-o* in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.kɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ko

Noun

abako

1. vocative singular of abaka

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ábaco (“abacus”), from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”). Doublet of abakus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈko/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈxo], /ˈʔabako/ [ˌʔaː.bɐˈxo]
• Rhymes: -o, -abako
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ko

Noun

abakó or ábakó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃᜓ)

1. abacus

   Synonym: abakus

Derived terms

• mag-abako

Further reading

• “abako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 1

Anagrams

• kaoba