fako

See also: fakó and Fako

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Fach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfako]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: fa‧ko

Noun

fako (accusative singular fakon, plural fakoj, accusative plural fakojn)

1. a compartment (of a drawer, chest, etc.)
2. (figuratively) a department (of a field of study, organization, store, magazine, etc.), specialization, division

   Synonym: departemento

Derived terms

• faka
• faklingvo

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak fako, from Hungarian fakó (“buckskin horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfakɔ]

Noun

fako m pers

1. buckskin horse

Declension

Declension of fako (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	fako	fakovia
genitive	faka	fakov
dative	fakovi	fakom
accusative	faka	fakov
locative	fakovi	fakoch
instrumental	fakom	fakami

Further reading

• “fako”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.ko]

Verb

fako

1. (transitive) to pry

Conjugation

Conjugation of fako

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofako	fofako	mifako
2nd person		nofako	nifako
3rd person	masculine	ofako	ifako yofako (archaic)
	feminine	mofako
	neuter	ifako

References

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