tuka

See also: tuką

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ka
  • IPA(key): /tuˈkaʔ/, [tuˈkaʔ]

Noun

tukâ

  1. beak, bill (of a bird)
  2. peck
  3. snakebite
    Synonyms: singot, simot

Derived terms
  • magtuka
  • mamuka
  • panuka
  • patuka
  • tukaon

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ka
  • IPA(key): /tuˈkaʔ/, [t̪ʊˈkaʔ]

Verb

tuka

  1. to peck, to strike or pierce with the beak or bill

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

tuka

  1. name.

Estonian

Noun

tuka

  1. genitive singular of tukk

Northern Sotho

Verb

tuka

  1. to cremate

Pangasinan

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit चुक्रा (cukrā, “tamarind tree”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”). Cognate with Bikol Central suka, Cebuano suka, Ilocano suka, Maranao soka', Tagalog suka, and Tausug suka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuˈka/, [tʊˈka]

Noun

tuká

  1. vinegar

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: tu‧ka

Noun

tuka f

  1. a type of fishing net

Declension
Declension of tuka
singular plural
nominative tuka tuki
genitive tuki tuk
dative tuce tukom
accusative tukę tuki
instrumental tuką tukami
locative tuce tukach
vocative tuko tuki

Further reading
  • tuka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tûka/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ka

Noun

tȕka f (Cyrillic spelling ту̏ка)

  1. turkey (female)
  2. (derogatory) foolish or stupid woman

Declension
Declension of tuka
singular plural
nominative tȕka tuke
genitive tuke tȗkā
dative tuki tukama
accusative tuku tuke
vocative tuko tuke
locative tuki tukama
instrumental tukom tukama

Antonyms

References
  • “tuka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sotho

Verb

tuka

  1. to burn

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tukaq. Compare Abenlen Ayta tuka and Bikol Central toka.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈkaʔ/ [tʊˈxaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: tu‧ka

Noun

tukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ)

  1. beak; bill (of a bird)
  2. peck; stroke (of a beak or bill of a bird)
    Synonyms: pagtuka, tuktok, pagtuktok
  3. mark made by such a peck or stroke
  4. feeding time for fowls (in pecking seeds, grain, etc.)
    Synonym: pagpapatuka
  5. sudden bite (of a snake, etc.)
    Synonym: tuklaw
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See toka.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtuka/ [ˈtu.xɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: tu‧ka

Noun

tuka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ)

  1. Alternative form of toka

Tiruray

Noun

tuka

  1. peninsula

West Makian

Etymology

Likely from Malay tukar, from Portuguese trocar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪u.ka/

Verb

tuka

  1. (transitive) to change
    ituka mefi ― it's shedding its skin (of a snake)

Conjugation
Conjugation of tuka (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totuka motuka atuka
2nd person notuka fotuka
3rd person inanimate ituka dotuka
animate
imperative nutuka, tuka futuka, tuka

References
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • tú ká

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tú.ká/

Verb

túká

  1. (splitting verb, transitive, intransitive) to disperse, to dissolve
  2. (splitting verb, ergative) to scatter
  3. (splitting verb, with ojú) to be cheerful, to cheer up
    Synonym: tújúká

Derived terms
  • ìtúká (“dispersal”)
  • ìtúniká (“dismissal”)
  • ìtẹ́gbẹ́ká (“dissolution”)
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