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

Äiwoo

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, number 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.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

táko or takò (Basahan spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)

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

   Synonyms: suntok, dali, bugti

Derived terms

• magtako
• takohan

 

See also

• bato

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tako

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

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

Noun

tako

1. human being; person

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.

Guaraní

Noun

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

1. vagina

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.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English taco (“Mexican snack food”), from Spanish taco (“light lunch”, literally “stopper, plug, wad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ko/, [ˈt̪a.ko]
• Rhymes: -ko
• Hyphenation: ta‧ko

Noun

tako (plural tako-tako, first-person possessive takoku, second-person possessive takomu, third-person possessive takonya)

1. (cooking) taco: a Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables and salsa.

Alternative forms

• taco

Further reading

• “tako” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

tako

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

O'odham

Noun

tako

1. yesterday

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited 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 (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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 (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìtákò.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

tako (ma class, plural matako)

1. (usually in the plural) buttock

   Synonym: makalio

Derived terms

• kitako

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“cue”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtako/ [ˈt̪aː.xo]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ta‧ko

Noun

tako (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)

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

   Synonyms: pasak, pamasak

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈkoʔ/ [t̪ɐˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧ko

Noun

takô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓ)

1. act of slipping or tripping

   Synonyms: tapilok, tapyok, tisod

Derived terms

• mapatako
• takuin

 

Anagrams

• akto, toka, kota, kato, Atok

Waray-Waray

Noun

takô

1. billiard cue