tukil

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tukil, from Classical Malay توکيل (tukil), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪u.kɪl]
• Hyphenation: tu‧kil

Noun

tukil (plural tukil-tukil, first-person possessive tukilku, second-person possessive tukilmu, third-person possessive tukilnya)

1. a bamboo cylinder for juice obtained from the blossom of the coconut palm or sugar palm

   Hypernym: tabung

Further reading

• “tukil” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tukil/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ukɪl], [ˈt̪ukel]
• Rhymes: -el

Noun

tukil (Jawi spelling توکيل, plural tukil-tukil, informal 1st possessive tukilku, 2nd possessive tukilmu, 3rd possessive tukilnya)

1. bamboo vessel

   Hypernym: tabung

   tebuan dalam tukil

   making a terrible buzz, fig. for the devil of a fuss

   (literally, “a hornet in a bamboo vessel”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tukil

Further reading

• “tukil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tukil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtukil/, [ˈtu.xɪl]
• Hyphenation: tu‧kil

Noun

tukil (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜒᜎ᜔)

1. short medium-sized bamboo container, about one or two internodes in length

See also

• bumbong
• tubo