tako
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).
Noun
edittako (uncountable)
Anagrams
editÄiwoo
editVerb
edittako
- to sew (clothing)
References
edit- 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.
Bikol Central
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittáko or takò (Basahan spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)
Derived terms
editSee also
editCebuano
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittako
Eastern Bontoc
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.
Noun
edittako
Esperanto
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittako (accusative singular takon, plural takoj, accusative plural takojn)
- taco
- Damne, la tortiljo de mia tako rompiĝis.
- Damn, my taco's tortilla broke.
Guaraní
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittako (dependent form rako, third-person possessed form hako)
Hawaiian Creole
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).
Noun
edittako
- octopus (usually in reference to food)
- Ono da tako poke.
- The octopus poke is delicious.
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English taco (“Mexican snack food”), from Spanish taco (“light lunch”, literally “stopper, plug, wad”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittako (plural tako-tako, first-person possessive takoku, second-person possessive takomu, third-person possessive takonya)
- (cooking) taco: a Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables and salsa.
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “tako” 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.
Japanese
editRomanization
edittako
O'odham
editNoun
edittako
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edittàkō (Cyrillic spelling та̀ко̄)
- so, like that, in such a way
- priđi bliže tako da te bolje vidim ― come closer so that I can see you better
- ako tako misliš ― if you think so
- so, so much
- on je tako pametan! ― he is so smart!
- ona tako divno p(j)eva! ― she sings so beatifically!
- tako te volim ― I love you so much
- idiomatic and figurative meanings that refer to something being a specified way
- tako je! ― that's right! (literally, “so it is!”)
- i tako dalje ― and so on
- da tako kažem ― so to speak (literally, “to say it so”)
- baš tako! ― just like that!
- tako ili nikako ― take it or leave it (literally, “so or no other way”)
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “tako”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
editPronunciation
editAdverb
edittakọ̑
- (clarification of this definition is needed) thus (as a result)
Further reading
edit- “tako”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Swahili
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *ìtákò.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittako (ma class, plural matako)
Derived terms
editTagalog
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtako/ [ˈt̪aː.xo]
- Rhymes: -ako
- Syllabification: ta‧ko
Noun
edittako (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈkoʔ/ [t̪ɐˈxoʔ]
- Rhymes: -oʔ
- Syllabification: ta‧ko
Noun
edittakô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editWaray-Waray
editNoun
edittakô
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- Äiwoo lemmas
- Äiwoo verbs
- nfl:Sewing
- Bikol Central terms borrowed from Spanish
- Bikol Central terms derived from Spanish
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- Bikol Central terms with Basahan script
- Bikol Central slang
- bcl:Billiards
- bcl:Snooker
- Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish
- Cebuano terms derived from Spanish
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Billiards
- ceb:Snooker
- Eastern Bontoc terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Eastern Bontoc terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Eastern Bontoc lemmas
- Eastern Bontoc nouns
- Esperanto terms borrowed from Spanish
- Esperanto terms derived from Spanish
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/ako
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- Esperanto terms with usage examples
- eo:Foods
- eo:Mexico
- Guaraní lemmas
- Guaraní nouns
- gn:Body parts
- Hawaiian Creole terms borrowed from Japanese
- Hawaiian Creole terms derived from Japanese
- Hawaiian Creole lemmas
- Hawaiian Creole nouns
- Hawaiian Creole terms with usage examples
- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian terms derived from Spanish
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ko
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ko/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Cooking
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- O'odham lemmas
- O'odham nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian adverbs
- Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene adverbs
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili ma class nouns
- sw:Anatomy
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ako
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ako/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Sports
- tl:Billiards
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/oʔ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation
- Waray-Waray lemmas
- Waray-Waray nouns