luko
Cebuano
Etymology
Compare lukot.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lu‧ko
Verb
luko
- to curl; to form a curl
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluko/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Noun
luko (accusative singular lukon, plural lukoj, accusative plural lukojn)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.kɔ/
- Rhymes: -ukɔ
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Noun
luko f
- vocative singular of luka
Samoan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.ko/
- Hyphenation: lu‧ko
Noun
luko
Descendants
- → Tokelauan: luko (learned)
References
- George Pratt (1861), Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press, page 222
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
luko (Cyrillic spelling луко)
- vocative singular of luka
Slovene
Noun
luko
- accusative/instrumental singular of luka
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- loco — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- loko
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈluko/ [ˈluː.xo]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Noun
luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
- alternative form of loko
Adjective
luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
- alternative form of loko
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luˈkoʔ/ [lʊˈxoʔ]
- Rhymes: -oʔ
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Noun
lukô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈluko/ [ˈluː.xo]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Noun
luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)
- covering of one's face up to the forehead and the ears
- mourning; grief (due to death)
- a kind of black cap or biretta worn for mourning
Derived terms
- ipagluko
- lukuhan
- lukuhin
- magluko
- paglukuhan
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luˈko/ [lʊˈxo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Noun
lukó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)
Derived terms
- luko-lukuhan
- magluko
- maluko
See also
Etymology 5
Compare Pangasinan loko (“gabi plant”) and Sambali loko (“gabi”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luˈko/ [lʊˈxo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Noun
lukó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ) (obsolete)
- a type of sweet potato
See also
Further reading
- “luko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 395: “Luto) Loco (pp) por los muertos, eſte loco era vno como birrete negro q̃ traian por luto”
Anagrams
Tokelauan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Samoan luko, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlu.ko]
- Hyphenation: lu‧ko
Noun
luko
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 196
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lū.kō/
Verb
luko
- (sometimes offensive, derogatory) to be primitive, to be dim-witted
- Coordinate term: lajú (“to be civilised”)
Derived terms
- oluko (“primitive person; unsophisticated person”)