luko
Cebuano
Etymology
Compare lukot.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lu‧ko
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:luko.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈluko]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -uko
- Hyphenation: lu‧ko
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.kɔ/
- Rhymes: -ukɔ
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Samoan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.ko/
- Hyphenation: lu‧ko
Descendants
- → Tokelauan: luko (learned)
References
- George Pratt (1861) Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press, page 222
Serbo-Croatian
Slovene
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈluko/ [ˈlu.xo]
- Rhymes: -uko
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luˈkoʔ/ [lʊˈxoʔ]
- Rhymes: -oʔ
- Syllabification: lu‧ko
Tokelauan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Samoan luko, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlu.ko]
- Hyphenation: lu‧ko
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lū.kō/
Verb
luko
- (sometimes offensive, derogatory) to be primitive, to be dim-witted
- Coordinate term: lajú (“to be civilised”)
Derived terms
- oluko (“primitive person; unsophisticated person”)
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