nuku

Alternative forms

• nyike

Etymology

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na qqe, from Proto-Oceanic *na qaqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.

Noun

nuku

1. (anatomy) leg, foot

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Verb

nuku

1. (transitive) to believe

Noun

nuku

1. genitive singular of nukk

Noun

nuku

1. sand

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnukuˣ/, [ˈnuku(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification^(key): nu‧ku

Verb

nuku

1. inflection of nukkua:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• Nuuk, kuun

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋutu, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq (Compare Tongan ngutu, Tagalog nguso).

Noun

nuku

1. snout, beak, mouth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnuku]
• Hyphenation: nu‧ku

Pronoun

nuku

1. (slang) nothing

   Synonyms: nincs, semmi

Romanization

nuku

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬく

Noun

nuku

1. leaf-cutter ant

References

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 23

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *nuku. Cognates include Maori nuku and Samoan nu'u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnu.ku]
• Hyphenation: nu‧ku

Noun

nuku

1. village, town
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:

     Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.

     This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.

   • 2012, “Tokelau mō te Atua [Tokelau for the God]”:

     Te Atua o nuku, te Atua o Tokelau.

     The God of villages, the God of Tokelau.

2. country, place
3. homeland
4. villagers

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 253