Wiktionary

buko

See also: bukó

English edit

Etymology edit

From Tagalog buko.

Noun edit

buko (plural bukos)

  1. (Philippines) A coconut.

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko
  • IPA(key): /buˈko/, [buˈko]

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Compare Cebuano buko, Malay buku and Tagalog buko.

Noun edit

bukó

  1. node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
  2. knot (of a tree or lumber)
  3. (anatomy) knuckle
    Synonym: kamaoo
  4. (anatomy) joint (of one's finger or toe)
    Synonym: buko-buko

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

bukó

  1. frustrated
    Synonym: desganado
  2. desperate
    Synonym: desesperado
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

bukó

  1. (Legazpi) snail
    Synonyms: atol, guling-guling

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun edit

buko

  1. an inch

Esperanto edit

 
Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From English buckle.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuko]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun edit

buko (accusative singular bukon, plural bukoj, accusative plural bukojn)

  1. buckle

See also edit

Minangkabau edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *buka, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (“to open, uncover”).

Cognates

Cognate with Malay buka, Iban buka, Bikol Central buka, Tagalog buka, Cebuano buka.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

buko

  1. open (actively conducting or prepared to conduct business)
    Antonym: tutuik
    Bisuak tokonyo ka buko.
    Tomorrow the shop will open.

Verb edit

buko (active mambuko, passive dibuko)

  1. (transitive) to open
    Antonym: tutuik

Romani edit

Etymology edit

Two etymologies have been proposed:

  1. Inherited from Sanskrit बुक्क (bukka).[1]
  2. Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka).[2]

Noun edit

buko m

  1. liver[1][2][3]
  2. lung[2]

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vr̥kká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 698
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bukó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 38a
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o buk/o, -es- m. -e, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 95a

Serbo-Croatian edit

Noun edit

buko (Cyrillic spelling буко)

  1. vocative singular of buka

Sidamo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cushitic *bus-. Cognates include Burji buho, Gedeo ቡኮ (buko) and Kambaata buhu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuko/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun edit

buko f 

  1. dust

Declension edit

Declension of buko (feminine)
unmodified modified
predicative buko
nominative buko buko
genitive bukote*) buko*)
dative bukote bukora
accusative buko*)
ablative bukotenni bukonni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References edit

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 64
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “buko”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Kapampangan buku.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuko/, [ˈbu.xo]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun edit

buko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. young coconut fruit
    Synonym: (dialectal, Marinduque, Quezon) mura
  2. (by extension) coconut water
    Synonym: tubig ng niyog
  3. bud (of a flower)
    Synonym: butong

Adjective edit

buko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. (Quezon) unripe (of fruits)
    Synonyms: hilaw, bubot
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Compare Bikol Central buko, Cebuano buko and Malay buku.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /buˈko/, [bʊˈxo]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun edit

bukó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
  2. (anatomy) knuckle; joint (of one's finger or toe)
  3. knot (of a tree or lumber)
  4. (anatomy, colloquial) protuberance of the ankle bone
  5. finding of one's fault to disappoint another
    Synonyms: pagbigo, paghadlang, pagkontra
Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

bukó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. disappointed; unsuccessful
    Synonyms: bigo, nabigo
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