different between taipo vs taiko

English

Noun

taipo (plural taipos)

1. (New Zealand) An evil spirit.
2. (New Zealand) A goblin.

Usage notes

The use of this word arose in the 19th century. It is interesting because Maori used it thinking it was English and the early English settlers used it thinking it was Maori.

Quotations

• 1905. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, vol. 38, page 132:

  They are called taipos, or devils. If a Maori went fishing or birding between them in the Maungapakeha Valley, he might fail to get either birds or eels. The reason was that the Tinui taipo was angry, and would say to the Maungapakeha taipo, “This man has offended me; he shall catch no more eels or birds to-day.”

Anagrams

• -topia, patio, topia

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (??? taiko), from ? (t?àj, “great”) + ? (kú, “drum”).

Noun

taiko (plural taikos)

1. (sumo) A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a tournament, and at the end of each day
2. (music) A Japanese drum or a performance of several drummers in an ensemble (also called kumi-daiko).

Etymology 2

Noun

taiko (plural taikos)

1. The Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae).
   • 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 61:

     The taiko, a gadfly petrel from the Chatham Islands near to New Zealand, was well known to islanders during the nineteenth century, being used by them as a food resource.

Anagrams

• Kiato

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (??? taiko).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i?ko/, [?t??i?ko?]
• Rhymes: -?iko
• Syllabification: tai?ko

Noun

taiko

1. (music) taiko (instrument)

Declension

Anagrams

• aktio, koati, koita, kotia, takoi, tokia

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tai?ko]
• Hyphenation: tai?ko

Etymology 1

From Chinese ??, from Japanese ??(????) (taikun).

Noun

taiko (first-person possessive taikoku, second-person possessive taikomu, third-person possessive taikonya)

1. tycoon: a wealthy and powerful business person.

   Synonyms: konglomerat, taipan

Etymology 2

From Hokkien ????? (thái-ko, “leprosy”).

Noun

taiko (first-person possessive taikoku, second-person possessive taikomu, third-person possessive taikonya)

1. leprosy.

   Synonyms: abras, kusta, lepra

Further reading

• “taiko” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Woleaian

Etymology

From Japanese ??? taiko

Noun

taiko

1. drum