buko

See also: bukó

English

Etymology

From Tagalog buko.

Noun

buko (plural bukos)

  1. (Philippines) A coconut.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko
  • IPA(key): /buˈko/ [buˈko]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukuh. Compare Cebuano buko, Malay buku and Tagalog buko.

Noun

bukó

  1. node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
  2. knot (of a tree or lumber)
  3. (anatomy) knuckle
    Synonym: kamaoo
  4. (anatomy) joint (of one's finger or toe)
    Synonym: buko-buko

Etymology 2

Adjective

bukó

  1. frustrated
    Synonym: desganado
  2. desperate
    Synonym: desesperado
Derived terms
  • bukohon
  • mabuko
  • magbuko
  • makabuko

Etymology 3

Noun

bukó

  1. (Legazpi) snail
    Synonyms: atol, guling-guling

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

buko

  1. an inch

Esperanto

Etymology

From English buckle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuko/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uko
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

buko (accusative singular bukon, plural bukoj, accusative plural bukojn)

  1. buckle

See also

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buka, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buka (“to open, uncover”).

Cognates

Cognate with Malay buka, Iban buka, Bikol Central buka, Tagalog buka, Cebuano buka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ko/

Adjective

buko

  1. 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)

  1. (transitive) to open
    Antonym: tutuik

Romani

Etymology

Two etymologies have been proposed:

  1. Inherited from Sanskrit बुक्क (bukka).[1]
  2. Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्क (vṛkka).[2]

Noun

buko m

  1. liver[1][2][3]
  2. lung[2]

Derived terms

  • kalo buko
  • parno buko
  • ratvalo buko

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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
  3. ^ 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)

  1. vocative singular of buka

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *bus-. Cognates include Burji buho, Gedeo ቡኮ (buko) and Kambaata buhu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuko/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ko

Noun

buko f 

  1. dust

Declension

Declension of buko (feminine)
unmodified modified
predicative buko
nominative buko buko
genitive bukote*) buko*)
dative bukote bukora
accusative buko*)
ablative bukotenni bukonni

*) Stressed on the final vowel.

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)

  1. young coconut fruit
    Synonym: (dialectal, Marinduque, Quezon) mura
  2. (by extension) coconut water
    Synonym: tubig ng niyog
  3. bud (of a flower)
    Synonym: butong

Adjective

buko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. (Quezon) unripe (of fruits)
    Synonyms: hilaw, bubot
Derived terms
  • bikat-buko
  • biklatang buko
  • haluang buko
  • malakanin-buko
  • malakatad-buko
  • malauhog-buko
  • mamuko
  • pagpapabuko
  • pamumuko
  • saanmang buko
  • tulog na buko
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)

  1. node (of bamboo, sugar cane, etc.)
  2. (anatomy) knuckle; joint (of one's finger or toe)
  3. knot (of a tree or lumber)
  4. (anatomy, colloquial) protuberance of the ankle bone
  5. finding of one's fault to disappoint another
    Synonyms: pagbigo, paghadlang, pagkontra
Derived terms
  • buking
  • bukuhin
  • himuko
  • mabuko
  • mapagbuko
  • pagbuko
  • pambubuko
  • pambuko
  • pamumuko
  • panghimuko
  • pitumbuko

Adjective

bukó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. disappointed; unsuccessful
    Synonyms: bigo, nabigo

Anagrams

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