tokek
Indonesian
editmating call of a male Tokay gecko
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Etymology
editOnomatopoeic. Compare Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.), Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ), Vietnamese tắc kè, and Bengali টিকটিকি (ṭikṭiki).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittokek (plural tokek-tokek, first-person possessive tokekku, second-person possessive tokekmu, third-person possessive tokeknya)
Alternative forms
edit- tekek (colloquial)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “tokek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.