luko

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare lukot.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Verb

luko

1. to curl; to form a curl

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:luko.

Anagrams

• kulo, kuol, luok, ukol, ulok

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluko]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko (accusative singular lukon, plural lukoj, accusative plural lukojn)

1. porthole

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

luko f

1. vocative singular of luka

Samoan

Le luko.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ko/
• Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

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)

1. vocative singular of luka

Slovene

Noun

luko

1. accusative/instrumental singular of luka

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈluko/ [ˈlu.xo]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. Alternative form of loko

Adjective

luko (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. Alternative form of loko

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈkoʔ/ [lʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: lu‧ko

Noun

lukô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃᜓ)

1. Alternative form of loko: a type of container (similar to the balaong)

Tokelauan

Te luko.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Samoan luko, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlu.ko]
• Hyphenation: lu‧ko

Noun

luko

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 196

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lū.kō/

Verb

luko

1. (sometimes offensive, derogatory) to be primitive, to be dim-witted

   Coordinate term: lajú (“to be civilised”)

Derived terms

• oluko (“primitive person; unsophisticated person”)