anco

anco

1. alternative form of ango

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes
• Ricardo L. J. Nardi, El Kakán, lengua de los diaguitas (1979)

anco

1. first-person singular present indicative of ancar

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦚ꧀ꦕꦺꦴ (anco, “long stem fishing net”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈant͡ʃo/ [ˈaɲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -ant͡ʃo
• Syllabification: an‧co

anco (plural anco-anco)

1. a rectangular fishing net with a frame made of bamboo, used by immersing it in water and lifting it to the surface after it is filled with fish

• “anco” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Either from Old Occitan ancui, from a contraction of the Latin locution hanc hodie (“in this day”), or from a contraction of (ad) hanc (hōram) (“in this hour”) (whence ancora (“again”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.ko/^[1]
• Rhymes: -anko
• Hyphenation: àn‧co

anco

1. (obsolete) alternative form of anche

• cano, ocna

anco

1. romanization of ꦲꦚ꧀ꦕꦺꦴ

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• IPA^(key): /ˈanko/ [ˈãŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -anko
• Syllabification: an‧co

anco m (plural ancos)

1. butternut squash

   Synonym: zapallo anco