fako
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfako/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ako
- Hyphenation: fa‧ko
Noun
fako (accusative singular fakon, plural fakoj, accusative plural fakojn)
- a compartment (of a drawer, chest, etc.)
- (figuratively) a department (of a field of study, organization, store, magazine, etc.), specialization, division
- Synonym: departemento
Derived terms
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak fako, from Hungarian fakó (“buckskin horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfakɔ]
Noun
fako m pers
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fako | fakovia |
| genitive | faka | fakov |
| dative | fakovi | fakom |
| accusative | faka | fakov |
| locative | fakovi | fakoch |
| instrumental | fakom | fakami |
Further reading
- “fako”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfa.ko]
Verb
fako
- (transitive) to pry
Conjugation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | tofako | fofako | mifako | |
| 2nd person | nofako | nifako | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | ofako | ifako yofako (archaic) | |
| feminine | mofako | |||
| neuter | ifako | |||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh