tukul
English
Noun
tukul (plural tukuls)
- (often italicized) A cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa
- 1987, Tudor Parfitt, The Thirteenth Gate: Travels Among the Lost Tribes of Israel[1], page 136:
- The women were sitting in groups in front of their tukuls.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tukul (“hammer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.kʊl/
- Rhymes: -kʊl, -ʊl, -l
- Hyphenation: tu‧kul
Noun
tukul (plural tukul-tukul)
Derived terms
- ditukul
- menukul
- penukul
- tukul besi
- tukul kayu
Further reading
- “tukul” 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.
Malay
Noun
tukul (Jawi spelling توکول, plural tukul-tukul)
Sumerian
Romanization
tukul
- romanization of 𒆪 (tukul)
Tausug
Noun
tukul
Verb
tukul
- to hammer