jako

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jako (plural jakos)

1. An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
   • 1878, Jules Verne, Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen:

     Of parrots, little Jack only saw ash-gray jakos, with red tails, which abounded under the trees. But these jakos were not new to him.

   • 1882, Rev. P. B. Power, The Home Visitor and District Companion

     Very little is known of these birds in their wild state, although they are brought to Europe in far greater numbers than any other species. We learn from Henglin that the habitat of the Jako extends from the western coast of Africa deep into the heart of that continent […]

   • 1908, Chandler Belden Beach, The Students' Reference Work

     The Jako, or gray parrot of Africa, has the capacity for speaking best developed, and the yellow-headed green parrot of Mexico stands second in the list.

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjako]

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• Rhymes: -ako

jako

1. as
2. like

• jaký
• jak
• jakoby
• see Category:Czech similes

• jako in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• jako in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from German Jacke.

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• IPA^(key): [ˈjako]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: ja‧ko

jako (accusative singular jakon, plural jakoj, accusative plural jakojn)

1. jacket, coat

• jaketo

From Proto-Finnic *jako, from *jakadak. Equivalent to jakaa +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑko/, [ˈjɑko̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Syllabification^(key): ja‧ko

jako

1. division, distribution, sharing, dealing (act)
2. division, distribution, sharing, dealing (result)
3. share, part
4. pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects, such as on a roller chain)

• joka, kajo, koja

Modern and unofficial back-formation from jaketo. Also found in German Jacke, Italian giacca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒako/, /ˈd͡ʒako/

jako (plural jaki)

1. jacket (long woman’s)

From *jako.

jako

1. deal

jako

1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃこ

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jako

1. common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)

   Synonym: jako iñu

• Aguilar Feria, Martimiana; García Rojas, Vicente; Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena (2017) Diccionario mixteco de Magdalena Peñasco (Saꞌan Ñuu Savi) (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 50)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako.

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.kɔ/

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• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: ja‧ko

jako (+ Nominative)

1. as

jako

1. as

• jako in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jako in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *jako. Synchronically analysable as jȃk (“strong”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /jâːko/
• Hyphenation: ja‧ko

jȃko (Cyrillic spelling ја̑ко)

1. very, very much, really

   Ako te jako zanima što se dogodilo, ispričat ću ti. ― If you're very interested in what happened, I'll tell you.

2. seriously, gravely, deeply

   Djeca se često poskliznu i padnu kad uče hodati, ali se rijetko jako ozlijede. ― Children often slip and fall when they are learning to walk, but they rarely seriously injure themselves.

3. hard, severely, strongly, forcefully (with a great deal of effort or force)

   Auto je skrenuo jako udesno te skliznuo sa ceste. ― Car turned hard to the right and skidded off the road.

   U nekim borilačkim sportovima, prejako udaranje suparnika može rezultirati diskvalificiranjem. ― In some martial arts, hitting the opponent too hard can result in disqualification.

From Proto-Finnic *jako.

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈʝɑko/, [ˈʝɑko]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Hyphenation: ja‧ko

jako

1. part, share
2. dealing, division, doling

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “jako”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn