# tuka
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: tu‧ka
* IPA: /tuˈkaʔ/ [tuˈkaʔ]

### Noun

tukâ
* beak, bill (of a bird)
* peck
* snakebite
    Synonyms: singot, simot

#### Derived terms

* magtuka
* mamuka
* panuka
* patuka
* tukaon

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: tu‧ka
* IPA: /tuˈkaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈkaʔ]

### Verb

tuka
* to peck, to strike or pierce with the beak or bill

## Coatepec Nahuatl
### Noun

tuka
* name.

## Estonian
### Noun

tuka
* genitive singular of tukk

## Northern Sotho
### Verb

tuka
* to cremate

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit चुक्रा (cukrā, “tamarind tree”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”). Cognate with Bikol Central suka, Cebuano suka, Ilocano suka, Maranao soka', Tagalog suka, and Tausug suka'.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tuˈka/, [tʊˈka]

### Noun

tuká
* vinegar

## Polish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtu.ka/
* Rhymes: -uka
* Syllabification: tu‧ka

### Noun

tuka f
* (fishing) type of fishing net

#### Declension
### Further reading

* tuka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* tuka in PWN's encyclopedia

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tûka/
* Hyphenation: tu‧ka

### Noun

tȕka f (Cyrillic spelling ту̏ка)
* (regional) turkey (female)
* (derogatory) foolish or stupid woman

#### Antonyms

* puran

### References

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

## Sotho
### Verb

tuka
* to burn

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq. Compare Abenlen Ayta tuka, Bikol Central toka and Tausug tuka'.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tuˈkaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈxaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: tu‧ka

#### Noun

tukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ)
* beak; bill (of a bird)
* peck; stroke (of a beak or bill of a bird)
    Synonyms: pagtuka, tuktok, pagtuktok
* mark made by such a peck or stroke
* feeding time for fowls (in pecking seeds, grain, etc.)
    Synonym: pagpapatuka
* sudden bite (of a snake, etc.)
    Synonym: tuklaw

##### Derived terms

* ipatuka
* isang kahig, isang tuka
* magpatuka
* manuka
* matuka
* pagpapatuka
* pagtuka
* patuka
* patukaan
* patukain
* tukaan
* tukain
* tukang-agila
* tumuka

### Etymology 2

See toka.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtuka/ [ˈt̪uː.xɐ]
* Rhymes: -uka
* Syllabification: tu‧ka

#### Noun

tuka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ)
* Alternative form of toka

### Anagrams

* kuta, utak

## Tiruray
### Noun

tuka
* peninsula

## West Makian
### Etymology

Likely from Malay tukar, from Portuguese trocar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt̪u.ka/

### Verb

tuka
* (transitive) to change
    ituka mefi ― it's shedding its skin (of a snake)

#### Conjugation
### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* tú ká

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tú.ká/

### Verb

túká
* (splitting verb, transitive, intransitive) to disperse, to dissolve
* (splitting verb, ergative) to scatter
* (splitting verb, with ojú) to be cheerful, to cheer up
    Synonym: tújúká

#### Derived terms

* ìtúká (“dispersal”)
* ìtúniká (“dismissal”)
* ìtẹ́gbẹ́ká (“dissolution”)