doko

English

Noun

doko (plural dokos)

  1. (archaic) A lepidosiren.
    • 1887, Henry Davenport Northrop, Earth, sea and sky: or, marvels of the universe (page 683)
      If the water, which the doko has chosen for its habitation becomes dried up, it wraps itself in a kind of a capsule of mud […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for doko in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Chichewa

Etymology

Unknown. Sometimes claimed to be a borrowing from English dock, which is extremely unlikely due to the term being attested in the dictionary of Johannes Rebmann, compiled before contact with English speakers, as well due to the implosive consonant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɗo.ko/

Noun

doko class 5 (plural madoko class 6)

  1. harbor or landing place for boats

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Dock, Yiddish דאָק‎ (dok), English dock, all ultimately from Dutch dok.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdoko]
  • Rhymes: -oko
  • Hyphenation: do‧ko

Noun

doko (accusative singular dokon, plural dokoj, accusative plural dokojn)

  1. (nautical) dock

Japanese

Romanization

doko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どこ

Nupe
Dòkò gútá

Etymology 1

From Hausa dōkī̀.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dò.kò/

Noun

dòkò (plural dòkòzhì)

  1. horse
Derived terms
  • dòkòci (“horse-rider”)
  • dòkòkpaci (“horse keeper”)
  • dòkòm̄bà (“horse stable”)
  • dòkòtúci (“horse-rider”)
  • dòkò yankpa (“bicycle”)
  • dòkòzànwúci (“horse trainer”)
  • láyadòkò (“horse collar”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dó.kó/

Verb

dókó

  1. to plan; to consider
Derived terms

Shona

Adjective

-dóko

  1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection
Inflected forms of -dóko
singular plural
Class 1 mudóko Class 2 vadóko
Class 3 mudóko Class 4 midóko
Class 5 dóko Class 6 madóko
Class 7 chidóko Class 8 zvidóko
Class 9 dóko Class 10 dóko
Class 11 rudóko
Class 12 kadóko Class 13 tudóko
Class 14 udóko
Class 15 kudóko
Locative classes
Class 16 padóko Class 17 kudóko Class 18 mudóko

Ternate

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdo.ko]

Noun

doko (Jawi دوکو‎)

  1. Areca glandiformis

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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