# tuko
## Asi
### Noun

tuko
* gecko

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈkoʔ/ [tuˈkoʔ]
* Hyphenation: tu‧ko

### Noun

tukô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)
* gecko

#### See also

* butiki
* tabili
* tagaw

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic, after the animal's call.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkoʔ]
* Hyphenation: tu‧ko

### Noun

tukô (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)
* tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
* sound made by a tokay gecko
* (slang) penis

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuko.

### Anagrams

* kuot, kuto, tuok, ukot, utok

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Tuch and Yiddish טוך (tukh), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”). Compare Dutch doek, English duck, Japanese ズック (zukku), Old Norse dúkr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtuko]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uko
* Hyphenation: tu‧ko

### Noun

tuko (accusative singular tukon, plural tukoj, accusative plural tukojn)
* cloth

#### Derived terms

* antaŭtuko (“apron”)
* bantuko (“towel”)
* litotuko (“bed sheet”)
* poŝtuko (“handkerchief”)
* tablotuko (“tablecloth”)
* vindotuko (“diaper”)
* viŝtuko (“duster”)
* zontuko (“loincloth”)

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

tuko
* gecko

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Noun

tuko
* gecko

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu.kɔ/
* Rhymes: -ukɔ
* Syllabification: tu‧ko

### Noun

tuko f
* vocative singular of tuka

## Somali
### Verb

tuko
* to pray

## Swahili
### Verb

tuko
* first-person plural positive degree present of -wako (“we are (around there)”)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *təktək (“gecko, house lizard”), onomatopoeic, imitative of its mating call approximated as “tuk-o”. Compare Ilocano tekka, Bikol Central tuko, Cebuano tiki, Maranao tagetek, Tausug tukki', and Malay tokek. See also Malay cecak.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: tu‧ko

#### Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)
* gecko (especially the tokay gecko)
    Synonyms: sakon, geko

##### Derived terms

* isdangtuko
* kambal-tuko
* kapit-tuko

##### See also

* butiki
* sasak

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tuˈkoʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxoʔ]
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: tu‧ko

#### Noun

tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ) (medicine)
* measles
    Synonym: tigdas
* (dialectal) chicken pox; varicella
    Synonym: bulutong-tubig

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tuˈko/ [t̪ʊˈxo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: tu‧ko

#### Noun

tukó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)
* act of cleaning tiny apertures with something pointed (to facilitate functioning)
    Synonyms: sundot, kikig

##### Derived terms

* pagtuko

### Further reading

* “tuko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tektek”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* kuto

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtu.ko]

### Verb

tuko
* (transitive) to bend

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tiruray
### Noun

tuko
* (anatomy) upper lip