tukul
English
Noun
tukul (plural tukuls)
- (often italicized) A cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa
- 1987, Tudor Parfitt, The Thirteenth Gate: Travels Among the Lost Tribes of Israel, page 136:
- The women were sitting in groups in front of their tukuls.
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Anagrams
- Ktulu, tulku
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tukul (“hammer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.kʊl/
- Rhymes: -kʊl, -ʊl, -l
- Hyphenation: tu‧kul
Noun
tukul (first-person possessive tukulku, second-person possessive tukulmu, third-person possessive tukulnya)
- (rare) hammer
- Synonyms: martil, palu
Derived terms
- ditukul
- menukul
- penukul
- tukul besi
- tukul kayu
Further reading
- “tukul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Sumerian
Romanization
tukul
- Romanization of 𒆪 (tukul)
Tausug
Noun
tukul
- hammer
Verb
tukul
- to hammer