tuku
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chungli Ao ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Central Naga *t-ku, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tə-ŋguʔ.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tu˥.ku˥/, [tu˥.ku˥]
=== Numeral ===
tuku
nine
=== Further reading ===
Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[2], Berkeley: University of California, pages 54, 198
Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 46
Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 44
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Possibly from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtuku/, [ˈt̪uku]
Rhymes: -uku
Syllabification(key): tu‧ku
Hyphenation(key): tu‧ku
=== Interjection ===
tuku
(often repeated) Used to call sheep (to move towards the speaker).
=== Further reading ===
“tuku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
kutu, kuut
== Javanese ==
=== Romanization ===
tuku
romanization of ꦠꦸꦏꦸ
== Kanakanabu ==
=== Noun ===
tuku
hoe
== Māori ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Polynesian *tuku (“to let go, to release”) (compare with Tokelauan tuku, Samoan tuʻu, Tahitian tuʻu and Hawaiian kuʻu).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtuku/ [ˈtʉkʉ]
=== Verb ===
tuku (passive tukua or tukuna)
to slacken, to let go
to release
to permit, allow
to give up
to present, to offer
to send
to post
==== Derived terms ====
kaituku
tukunga
=== Noun ===
tuku
offering
presentation, submission
==== Derived terms ====
kōtukutuku
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
John C. Moorfield (2011), “tuku”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtu.ku/
Rhymes: -uku
Syllabification: tu‧ku
=== Noun ===
tuku m inan
genitive/locative/vocative singular of tuk
== Quechua ==
=== Noun ===
tuku
A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus); an owl, generally
==== Declension ====
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Verb ===
tuku (Cyrillic spelling туку)
third-person plural present of tući
== Sumerian ==
=== Romanization ===
tuku
romanization of 𒌇 (tuku)
== Tausug ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /tuku/ [t̪ʊˈk̠u]
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: tu‧ku
=== Noun ===
tuku (Sulat Sūg spelling تُكُ)
pole (used to support something)
== Ternate ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈtu.ku]
=== Verb ===
tuku
(stative) to be slanting, sloping
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
== Tetum ==
=== Etymology ===
Sense of "hour" influenced by Indonesian pukul (“hour, o'clock”)
=== Noun ===
tuku
hour
=== Verb ===
tuku
to beat, to strike
== Tokelauan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Polynesian *tuku. Cognates include Hawaiian kuʻu and Samoan tuʻu.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈtu.ku]
Hyphenation: tu‧ku
=== Noun ===
tuku
A rope on a traditional canoe.
=== Verb ===
tuku
(transitive) to put
(transitive) to leave
(transitive) to stop
(transitive) to allow
(transitive) to presume
(transitive) to blame
(transitive, of canoes) to move
=== Verb ===
tuku (plural tatuku)
(transitive, of trees) to cut down
(transitive, of blinds) to let down
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 405
== Tuvaluan ==
=== Verb ===
tuku
To give
== Yámana ==
=== Noun ===
tuku
husband, wife, marriage