different between boko vs doko

English

Etymology

Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins:

1. From beak (“nose”)
2. From French beaucoup (“very much”)
3. Blend of beak (“nose”) +? coconut
4. From boke (“point; thrust”)
5. From poke, as in poke one's nose into

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??.k??/
• (US) enPR: b??k?, IPA^(key): /?bo?.ko?/
• Rhymes: -??k??

Noun

boko (plural bokos)

1. (dated, West Midlands, originally boxing) the nose.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:nose

References

Anagrams

• Koob, book, kobo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boko/
• Hyphenation: bo?ko
• Rhymes: -oko

Noun

boko (accusative singular bokon, plural bokoj, accusative plural bokojn)

1. (neologism) buck (male deer, goat, or other ruminant)

References

Farefare

Etymology

Compare Moore boko (“hole”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bò.kò/

Noun

boko (plural bogro)

1. hole

French

Etymology

From a word in the Boko language.

Noun

boko m (uncountable)

1. Boko language

   Synonym: boo

Gothic

Romanization

b?k?

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Hausa

Etymology

Often stated to be borrowed from English book, but Paul Newman disputes this, stating that "boko is an indigenous Hausa word originally connoting sham, fraud, deceit, or lack of authenticity. When the British colonial government imposed secular schools in northern Nigeria at the beginning of the 20th century, boko was applied in a pejorative sense to this new system. By semantic extension, boko came to acquire its current meaning of Hausa written in Roman script and Western education in general."

Noun

b?k? m (possessed form b?kòn)

1. fraud, deceit, trick
2. a mock or imitation version of something real
3. Western education
4. Boko alphabet (Latin script used to write Hausa)

References

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bocca, Spanish boca, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boko/

Noun

boko (plural boki)

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. opening, entrance

   Synonym: enireyo

3. (geography) mouth (of a river or stream)

   Synonym: fluvioboko

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

boko

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Moore

Etymology

Compare Farefare boko (“hole”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bò.kó/

Noun

boko (plural bogdo)

1. hole
2. pothole

English

Noun

doko (plural dokos)

1. (archaic) A lepidosiren.
   • 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 […]

Anagrams

• dook

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): /??o.ko/

Noun

doko 5 (plural madoko 6)

1. harbor or landing place for boats

Japanese

Romanization

doko

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Shona

Adjective

-dóko

1. Karanga and Manyika form of -diki

Inflection