bako

Compare Malay bukan (“not”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [baˈkoʔ]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ko

bakô (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. not

   Coordinate terms: iyo, dai, habo

   Bako man iyan an sinabi ko. ― That's not what I said.

   Bako daa siya. ― It's not really him/her.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ko
• IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [bɐˈkoʔ]

bakô (Badlit spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. hunched, stooped

   Synonym: yuko

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbako/ [ˈba.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Minangkabau) paternal family

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?] (Sibolga).

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Sibolga) wooden fence support posts

Borrowed from Kamang [Term?].

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. black pomegranate

   Synonym: delima

Borrowed from Sumbawa [Term?].

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Sumbawa) sambal made from grilled fish seasoned with chili, shallots and salt, then mixed with basil leaves and grated coconut

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦏꦺꦴ (bako, “tobacco”), from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

bako (plural bako-bako)

1. (dialect Java) dried tobacco

• “bako” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

bako f

1. vocative singular of baka

bako (Cyrillic spelling бако)

1. vocative singular of baka

bakô

1. not

   Coordinate terms: iyo, dai

Borrowed from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

• IPA^(key): /baˈko/

bako

1. tobacco

   Di gigireun jalan, aya toko nu sapopoé icalan bako.

   On the side of the road, there's a store that sells tobacco daily.

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba(ŋ)kuq (“curve, bump, bend”). Compare Cebuano bako.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [bɐˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

bakô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. uneven spots on a road (such as potholes, lumps, cobblestones, etc.)
2. unevenness of the road surface
3. (figurative) unexpected failure; unexpected disappointment

• abok, kabo

bako

1. cave