tuko

Asi

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

Bikol Central

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [tuˈkoʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. gecko

See also

• butiki
• tabili
• tagaw

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkoʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô

1. tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
2. sound made by a tokay gecko
3. (slang) penis

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuko.

Anagrams

• kuot, kuto, tuok, ukot, utok

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tuch and Yiddish טוך (tukh), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”). Compare Dutch doek, English duck, Japanese ズック (zukku), Old Norse dúkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuko]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

Noun

tuko (accusative singular tukon, plural tukoj, accusative plural tukojn)

1. cloth

Derived terms

• antaŭtuko (“apron”)
• bantuko (“towel”)
• litotuko (“bed sheet”)
• poŝtuko (“handkerchief”)
• tablotuko (“tablecloth”)
• vindotuko (“diaper”)
• viŝtuko (“duster”)
• zontuko (“loincloth”)

 

Hiligaynon

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

tuko

1. gecko

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -ukɔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tuko f

1. vocative singular of tuka

Somali

Verb

tuko

1. to pray

Swahili

Verb

tuko

1. first-person plural positive degree present of -wako (“we are (around there)”)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic, imitative of its mating call approximated as “tuk-o”. Compare Ilocano tekka, Bikol Central tuko, Cebuano tiki, Maranao tagetek, Tausug tukki', and Malay tokek. See also Malay cecak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. gecko (especially the tokay gecko)

   Synonyms: sakon, geko

Derived terms

• isdangtuko
• kambal-tuko
• kapit-tuko

 

See also

• butiki
• sasak

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ) (medicine)

1. measles

   Synonym: tigdas

2. (dialectal) chicken pox; varicella

   Synonym: bulutong-tubig

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈko/ [t̪ʊˈxo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

Noun

tukó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. act of cleaning tiny apertures with something pointed (to facilitate functioning)

   Synonyms: sundot, kikig

Derived terms

• pagtuko

Further reading

• “tuko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tektek”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• kuto

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ko]

Verb

tuko

1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuko
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totuko	fotuko	mituko
2nd	notuko	nituko
3rd	Masculine	otuko	ituko, yotuko†
Feminine	motuko
Neuter	ituko
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tiruray

Noun

tuko

1. (anatomy) upper lip