tako

tako

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).

Noun

tako (uncountable)

1. The flesh of octopus as used in sushi.

Anagrams

• Akto, Kato, Kota, okta

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Aiwoo

Verb

tako

1. 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, issue 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.

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ko
• IPA^(key): /ˈtakoʔ/

Noun

takò

1. a cue; snooker/billard stick.
2. (slang) a punch

   Synonyms: suntok, dali, bugti

Derived terms

• magtako
• takuan

 

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ko
• IPA^(key): /ˈtakoʔ/, [ˈt̪a.kʊʔ]

Noun

tako

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

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Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

Noun

tako

1. human being; person

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Esperanto

Takoj

Etymology

From Spanish taco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtako]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: ta‧ko

Noun

tako (accusative singular takon, plural takoj, accusative plural takojn)

1. taco

   Damne, la tortiljo de mia tako rompiĝis.

   Damn, my taco's tortilla broke.

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Guaraní

Noun

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

1. vagina

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Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸 (tako).

Noun

tako

1. octopus (usually in reference to food)

   Ono da tako poke.

   The octopus poke is delicious.

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Japanese

Romanization

tako

1. Rōmaji transcription of たこ
2. Rōmaji transcription of タコ

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O'odham

Noun

tako

1. yesterday

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎkoː/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ko

Adverb

tàkō (Cyrillic spelling та̀ко̄)

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /takóː/

Adverb

takọ̑

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) thus (as a result)

Further reading

• “tako”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìtákò.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

tako (ma class, plural matako)

1. buttock

Derived terms

• kitako

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ko
• IPA^(key): /ˈtako/, [ˈta.xo]

Noun

tako

1. (sports, billiards, pool) cue; billiard stick
2. plug; wad; wadding

   Synonyms: pasak, pamasak

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ko
• IPA^(key): /taˈkoʔ/, [tɐˈxoʔ]

Noun

takô

1. act of slipping or tripping

   Synonyms: tapilok, tapyok, tisod

Derived terms

• mapatako
• takuin

 

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Waray-Waray

Noun

takô

1. billiard cue