siko

See also: sīko and Šiko

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiko/ [ˈsi.ko]

Noun

síko

  1. (anatomy) elbow
Derived terms
  • magsiko
  • makasiko
  • masiko
  • sikohon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈsikoʔ/ [ˈsi.koʔ]

Noun

sikò

  1. swerve, veer, turn
    Synonyms: suki, kurba, liko
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Bolinao

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧ko
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiko/ [ˈs̪i.ko]

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Verb

siko

  1. to hit or push with the elbow

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:siko.

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: si‧ko

Noun

siko (accusative singular sikon, plural sikoj, accusative plural sikojn)

  1. (religion) a Sikh

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Ibaloi

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Italiot Greek

Noun

siko n

  1. fig

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tikô.

Pronunciation

Noun

siko (possessed sikory)

  1. the chigoe flea or jigger, Tunga penetrans
    Synonym: jákanài

Descendants

  • →? English: chigoe, chigger, jigger

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 368
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “siťo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 444; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 433

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Maranao

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow

Swahili

Verb

siko

  1. ku class(XVII) object of si-; it is not about there
    Antonym: ndiko

See also

Emphatic copula negative (si-)
singular plural
1st person simi, siye sio
2nd person siwe, siye sinyi, sio
3rd
person 		m-wa(I/II) siye sio
m-mi(III/IV) sio siyo
ji-ma(V/VI) silo siyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) sicho sivyo
n(IX/X) siyo sizo
u(XI) sio see n(X) or ma(VI)
ku(XV/XVII) siko
pa(XVI) sipo
mu(XVIII) simo

For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku (compare Bikol Central siko, Cebuano siko, Hiligaynon siko, Ilocano siko, Malay siku, Sambali hiko, Tausug siku, Urak Lawoi' ซีกู (siku), and Waray-Waray siko), from Proto-Austronesian *sikux (compare Amis ciko, Kavalan siku, Puyuma siku, and Saisiyat hiko').

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsiko/ [ˈsiː.xo] (“elbow; cubit”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -iko
    • IPA(key): /siˈko/ [sɪˈxo] (“nudge or blow with the elbow”, noun)
      • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: si‧ko

Noun

siko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) elbow
  2. codo; cubit
Derived terms
See also

Noun

sikó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)

  1. nudge or blow with one's elbow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsiko/ [ˈsiː.xo]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: si‧ko

Noun

siko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)

  1. alternative form of tsiko

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 四哥 (sì-ko) as per Manuel (1948).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsiko/ [ˈsiː.xo]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: si‧ko

Noun

siko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ) (uncommon)

  1. term of address for the fourth eldest brother
    Synonym: (Nueva Ecija) sikong
    Coordinate term: sitse
Derived terms
  • sikong

See also

Further reading

  • “siko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sikux”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 53

Anagrams

Tiruray

Noun

siko

  1. cat

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

siko

  1. elbow
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