# siko
## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Asi
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: si‧ko
* IPA: /ˈsiko/ [ˈsi.ko]

#### Noun

síko
* (anatomy) elbow

##### Derived terms

* magsiko
* makasiko
* masiko
* sikohon

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: si‧ko
* IPA: /ˈsikoʔ/ [ˈsi.koʔ]

#### Noun

sikò
* swerve, veer, turn
    Synonyms: suki, kurba, liko

##### Alternative forms

* sikot

##### Derived terms

* magsiko
* siko-siko

## Bolinao
### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: si‧ko
* IPA: /ˈsiko/ [ˈs̪i.ko]

### Noun

siko
* elbow

### Verb

siko
* to hit or push with the elbow

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:siko.

## Cuyunon
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Eastern Bontoc
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsiko]
* Rhymes: -iko
* Hyphenation: si‧ko

### Noun

siko (accusative singular sikon, plural sikoj, accusative plural sikojn)
* (religion) a Sikh

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Ibaloi
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* (anatomy) elbow

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* (anatomy) elbow

## Italiot Greek
### Noun

siko n
* fig

## Kagayanen
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* (anatomy) elbow

## Kari'na
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *tikô.

### Pronunciation

* (Venezuela) IPA: [ʃihʃo]
* (West Suriname) IPA: [ʃiːco]
* (East Suriname) IPA: [ʃiʔco]

### Noun

siko (possessed sikory)
* the chigoe flea or jigger, Tunga penetrans
    Synonym: jákanài

#### Descendants

* →? English: chigoe, chigger, jigger

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 368
* Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “siťo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 444; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 433

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Maranao
### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow

## Swahili
### Verb

siko
* ku class$_{(XVII)}$ object of si-; it is not about there
    Antonym: ndiko

### See also

For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* sico — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku (compare Bikol Central siko, Cebuano siko, Hiligaynon siko, Ilocano siko, Malay siku, Sambali hiko, Tausug siku, Urak Lawoi' ซีกู (siku), and Waray-Waray siko), from Proto-Austronesian *sikux (compare Amis ciko, Kavalan siku, Puyuma siku, and Saisiyat hiko').

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈsiko/ [ˈsiː.xo] (“elbow; cubit”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -iko
** IPA: /siˈko/ [sɪˈxo] (“nudge or blow with the elbow”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: si‧ko

#### Noun

siko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
* (anatomy) elbow
* codo; cubit

##### Derived terms

* maniko
* sikuhin
* sumiko

##### See also

* dipa

#### Noun

sikó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
* nudge or blow with one's elbow

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsiko/ [ˈsiː.xo]
* Rhymes: -iko
* Syllabification: si‧ko

#### Noun

siko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ)
* Alternative form of tsiko

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 四哥 (sì-ko) as per Manuel (1948).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsiko/ [ˈsiː.xo]
* Rhymes: -iko
* Syllabification: si‧ko

#### Noun

siko (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓ) (uncommon)
* term of address for the fourth eldest brother
    Synonym: (Nueva Ecija) sikong
    Coordinate term: sitse

##### Derived terms

* sikong

##### Related terms

* kuya
* diko
* sangko

#### See also

* manong

### Further reading

* “siko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sikux”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 53

### Anagrams

* isko, kiso, Isko

## Tiruray
### Noun

siko
* cat

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siko
* elbow