tukil
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tukil, from Classical Malay توکيل (tukil), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt̪u.kɪl]
- Hyphenation: tu‧kil
Noun
tukil (plural tukil-tukil, first-person possessive tukilku, second-person possessive tukilmu, third-person possessive tukilnya)
- a bamboo cylinder for juice obtained from the blossom of the coconut palm or sugar palm
- Hypernym: tabung
Further reading
- “tukil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tukil/
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ukɪl], [ˈt̪ukel]
- Rhymes: -el
Noun
tukil (Jawi spelling توکيل, plural tukil-tukil, informal 1st possessive tukilku, 2nd possessive tukilmu, 3rd possessive tukilnya)
- bamboo vessel
- Hypernym: tabung
- tebuan dalam tukil
- making a terrible buzz, fig. for the devil of a fuss
- (literally, “a hornet in a bamboo vessel”)
Descendants
- Indonesian: tukil
Further reading
- “tukil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧kil
- IPA(key): /ˈtukil/, [ˈtu.xɪl]
Noun
tukil
- short medium-sized bamboo container, about one or two internodes in length
See also
- bumbong
- tubo