buko
English
Etymology
Noun
buko (plural bukos)
- (Philippines) A coconut.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Compare Cebuano buko, Malay buku and Tagalog buko.
Noun
bukó
- node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
- knot (of a tree or lumber)
- (anatomy) knuckle
- Synonym: kamaoo
- (anatomy) joint (of one's finger or toe)
- Synonym: buko-buko
Etymology 2
Adjective
bukó
- frustrated
- Synonym: desganado
- desperate
- Synonym: desesperado
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
bukó
- (Legazpi) snail
- Synonyms: atol, guling-guling
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧ko
Noun
buko
- an inch
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
buko (accusative singular bukon, plural bukoj, accusative plural bukojn)
See also
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *buka, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (“to open, uncover”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
buko
- open (actively conducting or prepared to conduct business)
- Antonym: tutuik
- Bisuak tokonyo ka buko.
- Tomorrow the shop will open.
Verb
buko (active mambuko, passive dibuko)
- (transitive) to open
- Antonym: tutuik
Romani
Etymology
Two etymologies have been proposed:
Noun
buko m
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vr̥kká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 698
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “bukó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 38a
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o buk/o, -es- m. -e, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 95a
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
buko (Cyrillic spelling буко)
Sidamo
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *bus-. Cognates include Burji buho, Gedeo ቡኮ (buko) and Kambaata buhu.
Pronunciation
Noun
buko f
Declension
References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 64
- Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “buko”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Kapampangan buku.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuko/ [ˈbuː.xo]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: bu‧ko
Noun
buko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)
- young coconut fruit
- Synonym: (dialectal, Marinduque, Quezon) mura
- (by extension) coconut water
- Synonym: tubig ng niyog
- bud (of a flower)
- Synonym: butong
Adjective
buko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Compare Bikol Central buko, Cebuano buko and Malay buku.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈko/ [bʊˈxo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: bu‧ko
Noun
bukó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)
- node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
- (anatomy) knuckle; joint (of one's finger or toe)
- knot (of a tree or lumber)
- (anatomy, colloquial) protuberance of the ankle bone
- finding of one's fault to disappoint another
- Synonyms: pagbigo, paghadlang, pagkontra
Derived terms
Adjective
bukó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)
Anagrams
- English terms borrowed from Tagalog
- English terms derived from Tagalog
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Philippine English
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bikol Central terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- bcl:Anatomy
- Bikol Central verbs
- Legazpi Bikol Central
- bcl:Mollusks
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Units of measure
- Esperanto terms derived from English
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/uko
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro
- Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto
- Minangkabau terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Minangkabau terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Minangkabau terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Minangkabau terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Minangkabau terms with IPA pronunciation
- Minangkabau lemmas
- Minangkabau adjectives
- Minangkabau terms with usage examples
- Minangkabau verbs
- Minangkabau transitive verbs
- Romani terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Romani terms derived from Sanskrit
- Romani lemmas
- Romani nouns
- Romani 2-syllable words
- Romani masculine nouns
- rom:Body
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian noun forms
- Sidamo terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic
- Sidamo terms derived from Proto-Cushitic
- Sidamo terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sidamo lemmas
- Sidamo nouns
- Sidamo feminine nouns
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uko
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uko/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog adjectives
- Quezon Tagalog
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- tl:Anatomy
- Tagalog colloquialisms
- tl:Beverages