tokek

Indonesian

tokek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.), Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ), Vietnamese tắc kè, and Bengali টিকটিকি (ṭikṭiki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪okɛʔ]
• Hyphenation: to‧kèk

Noun

tokek (plural tokek-tokek, first-person possessive tokekku, second-person possessive tokekmu, third-person possessive tokeknya)

1. tokay gecko.

Alternative forms

• tekek (colloquial)

See also

• cecak

 

Further reading

• “tokek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.