doko

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 […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for doko in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

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): /ˈɗo.ko/

Noun

doko class 5 (plural madoko class 6)

  1. harbor or landing place for boats

Japanese

Romanization

doko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どこ
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