jiko
See also: jikō
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editjiko (plural jikos)
- (East Africa) A portable stove of the type common in Africa.
Anagrams
editJapanese
editRomanization
editjiko
Swahili
editPronunciation
editNoun
editjiko (ma class, plural majiko, meko)
Usage notes
editThe sense "kitchen" is usually referred to in the locative form jikoni.
Ternate
editEtymology
editFrom N- (nominalizer) + ciko (“crooked, bent”), cognate with Sahu ji'o (“bay”). However, compare also Proto-Austronesian *sikux (“elbow”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjiko
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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