tokek
Indonesian
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mating call of a male Tokay gecko
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Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic. Compare Burmese တောက်တဲ့ (tauktai.), Thai ตุ๊กแก (dtúk-gɛɛ), Vietnamese tắc kè, and Bengali টিকটিকি (ṭikṭiki).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtokɛʔ/ [ˈt̪o.kɛʔ]
- Rhymes: -okɛʔ
- Syllabification: to‧kek
Noun
[edit]tokek (plural tokek-tokek)
Alternative forms
[edit]- tekek (colloquial)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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.