tokek
Indonesian
mating call of a male Tokay gecko
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtokɛʔ/ [ˈt̪o.kɛʔ]
- Rhymes: -okɛʔ
- Syllabification: to‧kek
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay tokek, from Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic. Compare Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.), Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ), Vietnamese tắc kè, and Bengali টিকটিকি (ṭikṭiki).
Noun
tokek (plural tokek-tokek)
Alternative forms
- tekek
Etymology 2
Noun
tokek (plural tokek-tokek)
- alternative form of takik
Etymology 3
Noun
tokek (plural tokek-tokek)
See also
Further reading
- “tokek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
mating call of a male Tokay gecko
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic. Compare Tagalog tuko, Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.), Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ), Vietnamese tắc kè, and Bengali টিকটিকি (ṭikṭiki).
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety, Baku, /a/-variety, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈtokek/ [ˈt̪o.keʔ]
- Hyphenation: to‧kek
Noun
tokek (Jawi spelling توکيق, plural tokek-tokek or tokek2)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: tokek (inherited)
- → Tausug: tukki'
Further reading
- "tokek" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017