taku

== Japanese == === Romanization === taku Rōmaji transcription of たく == Latvian == === Noun === taku f inflection of taka: accusative/instrumental singular genitive plural == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *taʻaku. Compare Hawaiian kaʻu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaku/ [ˈtɐkʉ] === Pronoun === taku my ==== Usage notes ==== A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike tāku and tōku. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the a and o categories. It cannot be stressed, in which case either tāku or tōku must be used, depending on the category of the noun. ==== Declension ==== == Quechua == === Adjective === taku rough resistant to getting drunk, having a high tolerance mixed, mixed up ==== See also ==== takuy === Noun === taku red soil, iron(III) oxide ==== Declension ==== == Sakizaya == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.ˈku/, [ta.ˈku] === Noun === taku lake; pond; pool == Tokelauan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈta.ku] Hyphenation: ta‧ku === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *te-qa-ku. Cognates include Hawaiian kaʻu and Samoan laʻu. ==== Determiner ==== taku (inalienable, definite) my ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Polynesian *taku. Cognates include Māori taku and Samoan ta'u. ==== Verb ==== taku (intransitive) to tell (intransitive) to announce (transitive) to say, pronounce (transitive) to report (transitive) to confess ===== Derived terms ===== === References === R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 361