different between african vs jako

Friulian

Adjective

african

1. African

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

african m (feminine singular africana, masculine plural africans, feminine plural africanas)

1. African

Related terms

• Africa

Venetian

Adjective

african m (feminine singular africana, masculine plural africani, feminine plural africane)

1. African

Related terms

• Àfrica

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jako (plural jakos)

1. An African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
   • 1882, Rev. P. B. Power, The Home Visitor and District Companion

     Very little is known of these birds in their wild state, although they are brought to Europe in far greater numbers than any other species. We learn from Henglin that the habitat of the Jako extends from the western coast of Africa deep into the heart of that continent […]

   • 1908, Chandler Belden Beach, The Students' Reference Work

     The Jako, or gray parrot of Africa, has the capacity for speaking best developed, and the yellow-headed green parrot of Mexico stands second in the list.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jako/
• Rhymes: -ako

Adverb

jako

1. as
2. like

Related terms

• jaký
• jak
• jakoby
• see Category:Czech similes

Further reading

• jako in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• jako in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jacke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jako/
• Hyphenation: ja?ko
• Rhymes: -ako

Noun

jako (accusative singular jakon, plural jakoj, accusative plural jakojn)

1. jacket, coat

Derived terms

• jaketo

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jako, from *jakadak. Equivalent to jak- +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?ko/, [?j?ko?]
• Rhymes: -?ko
• Syllabification: ja?ko

Noun

jako

1. division, distribution, sharing, dealing (act)
2. division, distribution, sharing, dealing (result)
3. share, part
4. pitch (distance between evenly spaced objects, such as on a roller chain)

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• joka, kajo, koja

Ido

Etymology

Modern and unofficial back-formation from jaketo. Also found in German Jacke, Italian giacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ako/, /?d??ako/

Noun

jako (plural jaki)

1. jacket (long woman’s)

Ingrian

Etymology

From *jako.

Noun

jako

1. deal

Japanese

Romanization

jako

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jako

1. common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)

   Synonym: jako iñu

Derived terms

References

• Aguilar Feria, Martimiana; García Rojas, Vicente; Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena (2017) Diccionario mixteco de Magdalena Peñasco (Sa?an Ñuu Savi) (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 50)?^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ja.k?/

Preposition

jako (+ Nominative)

1. as

Conjunction

jako

1. as

Further reading

• jako in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• jako in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako. Synchronically analysable as j?k (“strong”) +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâ?ko/
• Hyphenation: ja?ko

Adverb

j?ko (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. very, very much

2. hard, strongly, powerfully, forcefully (with a great deal of effort or force)

3. hard, severely (to the fullest extent possible)