gekko
English edit
Noun edit
gekko (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 edit
Etymology edit
Unclear, but originating in the Malay Archipelago. Borrowings from Malay and Acehnese have been proposed.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gekko m (plural gekko's)
- A gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae or infraorder Gekkota.
Hypernyms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: gecko (probably)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Dutch gekko.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gekko
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
compounds
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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoer, definite plural gekkoene)
- a gecko
References edit
- “gekko” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoar, definite plural gekkoane)
- a gecko
References edit
- “gekko” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.