tokek
Indonesian
tokek
 | mating call of a male Tokay gecko
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Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.), Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ), Vietnamese tắc kè, and Bengali টিকটিকি (ṭikṭiki).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt̪okɛʔ]
- Hyphenation: to‧kèk
Noun
tokek (plural tokek-tokek, first-person possessive tokekku, second-person possessive tokekmu, third-person possessive tokeknya)
Alternative forms
- tekek (colloquial)
See also
Further reading
- “tokek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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