tuka

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq.

• Hyphenation: tu‧ka
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkaʔ/ [tuˈkaʔ]

tukâ

1. beak, bill (of a bird)
2. peck
3. snakebite

   Synonyms: singot, simot

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq.

• Hyphenation: tu‧ka
• IPA^(key): /tuˈkaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkaʔ]

tuka

1. to peck, to strike or pierce with the beak or bill

tuka

1. name.

tuka

1. genitive singular of tukk

tuka

1. to cremate

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit चुक्रा (cukrā, “tamarind tree”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”). Cognate with Bikol Central suka, Cebuano suka, Ilocano suka, Maranao soka', Tagalog suka, and Tausug suka'.

• IPA^(key): /tuˈka/, [tʊˈka]

tuká

1. vinegar

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: tu‧ka

tuka f

1. (fishing) type of fishing net

• tuka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tuka in PWN's encyclopedia

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /tûka/
• Hyphenation: tu‧ka

tȕka f (Cyrillic spelling ту̏ка)

1. (regional) turkey (female)
2. (derogatory) foolish or stupid woman

• puran

• “tuka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

tuka

1. to burn

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq. Compare Abenlen Ayta tuka, Bikol Central toka and Tausug tuka'.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈkaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ka

tukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ)

1. beak; bill (of a bird)
2. peck; stroke (of a beak or bill of a bird)

   Synonyms: pagtuka, tuktok, pagtuktok

3. mark made by such a peck or stroke
4. feeding time for fowls (in pecking seeds, grain, etc.)

   Synonym: pagpapatuka

5. sudden bite (of a snake, etc.)

   Synonym: tuklaw

See toka.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtuka/ [ˈt̪uː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: tu‧ka

tuka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ)

1. alternative form of toka

• kuta, utak

tuka

1. peninsula

Likely from Malay tukar, from Portuguese trocar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.ka/

tuka

1. (transitive) to change

   ituka mefi ― it's shedding its skin (of a snake)

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

• tú ká

• IPA^(key): /tú.ká/

túká

1. (splitting verb, transitive, intransitive) to disperse, to dissolve
2. (splitting verb, ergative) to scatter
3. (splitting verb, with ojú) to be cheerful, to cheer up

   Synonym: tújúká

• ìtúká (“dispersal”)
• ìtúniká (“dismissal”)
• ìtẹ́gbẹ́ká (“dissolution”)