gekko
English
editNoun
editgekko (plural gekkos or gekkoes)
- Alternative spelling of gecko
- 1965, Ian Fleming, chapter 7, in The Man with the Golden Gun:
- Egrets, shrikes, and Louisiana herons rose and settled lazily, and there were strange insect noises and the call of frogs and gekkos.
Dutch
editEtymology
editUnclear, but originating in the Malay Archipelago. Borrowings from Malay and Acehnese have been proposed.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgekko m (plural gekko's)
- a gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae or infraorder Gekkota
Hypernyms
editDescendants
edit- → English: gecko (probably)
Finnish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Dutch gekko.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgekko
Declension
editInflection of gekko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | gekko | gekot | |
genitive | gekon | gekkojen | |
partitive | gekkoa | gekkoja | |
illative | gekkoon | gekkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | gekko | gekot | |
accusative | nom. | gekko | gekot |
gen. | gekon | ||
genitive | gekon | gekkojen | |
partitive | gekkoa | gekkoja | |
inessive | gekossa | gekoissa | |
elative | gekosta | gekoista | |
illative | gekkoon | gekkoihin | |
adessive | gekolla | gekoilla | |
ablative | gekolta | gekoilta | |
allative | gekolle | gekoille | |
essive | gekkona | gekkoina | |
translative | gekoksi | gekoiksi | |
abessive | gekotta | gekoitta | |
instructive | — | gekoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “gekko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editgekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoer, definite plural gekkoene)
- a gecko
References
edit- “gekko” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editgekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoar, definite plural gekkoane)
- a gecko
References
edit- “gekko” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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