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
- Hyphenation: 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
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)
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[1], 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”)