tuko

tuko

1. gecko

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [tuˈkoʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

tukô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. gecko

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

• IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkoʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

tukô (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
2. sound made by a tokay gecko
3. (slang) penis

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuko.

• kuot, kuto, tuok, ukot, utok

Borrowed from German Tuch and Yiddish טוך (tukh), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”). Compare Dutch doek, English duck, Japanese ズック (zukku), Old Norse dúkr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuko]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: tu‧ko

tuko (accusative singular tukon, plural tukoj, accusative plural tukojn)

1. cloth

tuko

1. gecko

tuko

1. gecko

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -ukɔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

tuko f

1. vocative singular of tuka

tuko

1. to pray

tuko

1. first-person plural positive degree present of -wako (“we are (around there)”)

From Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic, imitative of its mating call approximated as “tuk-o”. Compare Ilocano tekka, Bikol Central tuko, Cebuano tiki, Maranao tagetek, Tausug tukki', and Malay tokek. See also Malay cecak.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. gecko (especially the tokay gecko)

   Synonyms: sakon, geko

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ) (medicine)

1. measles

   Synonym: tigdas

2. (dialectal) chicken pox; varicella

   Synonym: bulutong-tubig

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈko/ [t̪ʊˈxo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: tu‧ko

tukó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

1. act of cleaning tiny apertures with something pointed (to facilitate functioning)

   Synonyms: sundot, kikig

• pagtuko

• “tuko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tektek”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• kuto

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ko]

tuko

1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation of tuko
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totuko	fotuko	mituko
2nd	notuko	nituko
3rd	Masculine	otuko	ituko, yotuko†
Feminine	motuko
Neuter	ituko
† - archaic

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

tuko

1. (anatomy) upper lip