# tako
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).

### Noun

tako (uncountable)
* The flesh of octopus as used in sushi.

### Anagrams

* Akto, Kato, Kota, okta

## Äiwoo
### Verb

tako
* to sew (clothing)

### 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.

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtako/ [ˈta.ko]
* IPA: /ˈtakoʔ/ [ˈta.koʔ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ko

### Noun

táko or takò (Basahan spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)
* a cue; snooker/billard stick.
* (slang) a punch
    Synonyms: suntok, dali, bugti

#### Derived terms

* magtako
* takohan

#### See also

* bato

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧ko
* IPA: /ˈtakoʔ/ [ˈt̪a.koʔ]

### Noun

tako
* a cue; the stick used to ptopel the ball in snooker, billards, etc.

## Eastern Bontoc
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

### Noun

tako
* human being; person

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Spanish taco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtako]
* Rhymes: -ako
* Hyphenation: ta‧ko

### Noun

tako (accusative singular takon, plural takoj, accusative plural takojn)
* taco
    Damne, la tortiljo de mia tako rompiĝis.Damn, my taco's tortilla broke.

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

tako (dependent form rako, third-person possessed form hako)
* vagina

## Hawaiian Creole
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).

### Noun

tako
* octopus (usually in reference to food)
    Ono da tako poke.The octopus poke is delicious.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English taco (“Mexican snack food”), from Spanish taco (“light lunch”, literally “stopper, plug, wad”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.ko/, [ˈt̪a.ko]
* Rhymes: -ko
* Hyphenation: ta‧ko

### Noun

tako (plural tako-tako)
* (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

* taco

### Further reading

* “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
### Romanization

tako
* Rōmaji transcription of たこ
* Rōmaji transcription of タコ

## O'odham
### Noun

tako
* yesterday

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tako.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tǎkoː/
* Hyphenation: ta‧ko

### Adverb

tàkō (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

* ovàkō
* onàkō

#### See also

* tàkāv

### References

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

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /takóː/

### Adverb

takọ̑
* (clarification of this definition is needed) thus (as a result)

### Further reading

* “tako”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìtákò.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

tako class V (plural matako class VI)
* (usually in the plural) buttock
    Synonym: makalio

#### Derived terms

* kitako

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtako/ [ˈt̪aː.xo]
* Rhymes: -ako
* Syllabification: ta‧ko

#### Noun

tako (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)
* (sports, billiards, pool) cue; billiard stick
* plug; wad; wadding
    Synonyms: pasak, pamasak

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈkoʔ/ [t̪ɐˈxoʔ]
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧ko

#### Noun

takô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)
* act of slipping or tripping
    Synonyms: tapilok, tapyok, tisod

##### Derived terms

* mapatako
* takuin

### Anagrams

* akto, toka, kota, kato, Atok

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

takô
* billiard cue