doko

English

Noun

doko (plural dokos)

1. (archaic) A lungfish.
   • 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 […]

2. a kind of basket made from bamboo, used by porters in Nepal, Bhutan and northern India.

References

• “doko”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dook, kodo

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

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

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dó.kó/

Verb

dókó

1. to plan; to consider

Derived terms

• kódó (“planning”)

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

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Japanese どこ (doko, “where”).

Pronoun

doko

1. where

Coordinate terms

• kore, are, dore
• koci, aci, doko
• kono, ano, dono
• konna no, anna no, donna no
• konnasite, annasite, donnasite

References

• Chien Yuehchen (2019) “日本語を上層とする 宜蘭クレオールの指示詞”, in 社会言語科学 [The Japanese Journal of Language in Society]‎^[1], volume 21, number 2, pages 50-65