gekko
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
gekko (plural gekkos or gekkoes)
- Alternative spelling of gecko
- 1965, Ian Fleming, chapter 7, in The Man with the Golden Gun:
- Egrets, shrikes, and Louisiana herons rose and settled lazily, and there were strange insect noises and the call of frogs and gekkos.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unclear, but originating in the Malay Archipelago. Borrowings from Malay and Acehnese have been proposed.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gekko m (plural gekko's)
- A gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae or infraorder Gekkota.
Hypernyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: gecko (probably)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Dutch gekko.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gekko
Declension[edit]
Inflection of gekko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | gekko | gekot | ||
genitive | gekon | gekkojen | ||
partitive | gekkoa | gekkoja | ||
illative | gekkoon | gekkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | gekko | gekot | ||
accusative | nom. | gekko | gekot | |
gen. | gekon | |||
genitive | gekon | gekkojen | ||
partitive | gekkoa | gekkoja | ||
inessive | gekossa | gekoissa | ||
elative | gekosta | gekoista | ||
illative | gekkoon | gekkoihin | ||
adessive | gekolla | gekoilla | ||
ablative | gekolta | gekoilta | ||
allative | gekolle | gekoille | ||
essive | gekkona | gekkoina | ||
translative | gekoksi | gekoiksi | ||
abessive | gekotta | gekoitta | ||
instructive | — | gekoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “gekko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoer, definite plural gekkoene)
- a gecko
References[edit]
- “gekko” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoar, definite plural gekkoane)
- a gecko
References[edit]
- “gekko” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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