tuk-tuk

See also: tuk tuk and tuktuk

English

Alternative forms

tuk tuk

Etymology

From Thai ตุ๊ก ๆ (dtúk-dtúk), onomatopoeic for the sound of its two-stroke engine.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /tʊk.tʊk/

Noun

tuk-tuk (plural tuk-tuks)

A motorized rickshaw, especially Southeast Asia or India.
- 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 17:
  Photographs containing blurry night shots from Kao San Road, as well as one where a tuk tuk almost hits an elephant.

Synonyms

Translations

vehicle

Chinese:
Cantonese: 篤篤 / 笃笃 (duk¹ duk¹), 篤篤車 / 笃笃车 (duk¹ duk¹ ce¹)

Mandarin: 嘟嘟車 / 嘟嘟车 (zh) (dūdūchē)
Dutch: tuktuk (nl) m
Hindi: ऑटो रिक्शा m (ŏṭo rikśā), टुकटुक (ṭukṭuk), ऑटो m (ŏṭo), आटो m (āṭo)
Indonesian: bajaj (id)
Japanese: オート・リクシャー (ōto-rikushā), 三輪タクシー (さんりんタクシー, sanrin takushī), トゥクトゥク (tukutuku)
Khmer: ទុកទុក (tuktuk), ទុកៗ (tŭktŭk)
Korean: 툭툭 (ko) (tuktuk), 삼륜 택시 (samnyun taeksi)
Lao: ລົດສາມລໍ້ (lot sām lǭ), ສາມລໍ້ (sām lǭ), ຕຸກໆ (tuk tuk)
Marathi: ऑटो रिक्शा (ŏṭo rikśā), ऑटो f (ŏṭo)
Polish: autoriksza f, tuk-tuk (pl) m
Portuguese: tuque-tuque (pt) m
Russian: тук-ту́к m (tuk-túk)
Spanish: mototaxi f
Tagalog: traysikel (from "tricycle")
Thai: ตุ๊ก ๆ (dtúk-dtúk), ตุ๊กตุ๊ก (dtúk-dtúk), รถสามล้อ (th) (rót-sǎam-lɔ́ɔ), สามล้อ (th) (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ)
Urdu: آٹو رکشا m (oṭo rikśā)
Vietnamese: xe lam (vi), xe xích lô, xích lô (vi), túc túc

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tuk-tuk.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtu.kiˈtu.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtu.keˈtu.ke/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌtu.kɨˈtu.kɨ/

Noun

tuk-tuk m (plural tuk-tuks)

alternative form of tuque-tuque

Further reading

“tuk-tuk”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026