bako

See also: bakó and bàkò

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Malay bukan (“not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [baˈkoʔ]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ko

Particle

bakô (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. not

   Coordinate terms: iyo, dai, habo

   Bako man iyan an sinabi ko. ― That's not what I said.

   Bako daa siya. ― It's not really him/her.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ko
• IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [bɐˈkoʔ]

Adjective

bakô (Badlit spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. hunched, stooped

   Synonym: yuko

Derived terms

• bakoon
• magbako
• mobako

 

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

Noun

bako f

1. vocative singular of baka

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bako (Cyrillic spelling бако)

1. vocative singular of baka

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Particle

bakô

1. not

   Coordinate terms: iyo, dai

Sundanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tabaco, from Spanish tabaco, which come from either Arabic طَبَاق (ṭabāq, “a type of medicinal herb”), also طُبَاق (ṭubāq), or from a Taíno word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈko/

Noun

bako

1. tobacco

   Di gigireun jalan, aya toko nu sapopoé icalan bako.

   On the side of the road, there's a store that sells tobacco daily.

References

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba(ŋ)kuq (“curve, bump, bend”). Compare Cebuano bako.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈkoʔ/ [bɐˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ko

Noun

bakô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓ)

1. uneven spots on a road (such as potholes, lumps, cobblestones, etc.)
2. unevenness of the road surface
3. (figurative) unexpected failure; unexpected disappointment

Derived terms

• bako-bako
• kabakuan
• mabako
• mapabako
• pagkabako

 

Anagrams

• abok, kabo

Venda

Noun

bako

1. cave