ตุ๊กแก

Onomatopoeic, from the lizard's call.

Compare Balinese tuké, toké; Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.); Indonesian tokek; Khmer តុកកែ (tokkae); Malay to'kek, tĕkek; Shan တွၵ်ႉၵႄႉ (tâ̰uk kâ̰ae); Vietnamese tắc kè.

Compare also Lao ກັບແກ້ (kap kǣ); Malay ge'kok, go'kek; Mon ကေဝ်.

ตุ๊กแก • (dtúk-gɛɛ) (classifier ตัว)

1. gecko

   Synonyms: กับแก้, ต๊กโต

2. (ปลา~) any of the freshwater fish of the genus Bagarius and the family Sisoridae.

   Synonyms: คัง (kang), แค้ (kɛ́ɛ)

3. (ปลา~) any of the marine fish of the family Serranidae

   Synonyms: กะรัง (gà-rang), เก๋า (gǎo)