jiko
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See also: jikō
English
Etymology
Noun
jiko (plural jikos)
- (East Africa) A portable stove of the type common in Africa.
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
jiko
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
jiko (ma class, plural majiko, meko)
Usage notes
The sense "kitchen" is usually referred to in the locative form jikoni.
Ternate
Etymology
From N- (nominalizer) + ciko (“crooked, bent”), cognate with Sahu ji'o (“bay”). However, compare also Proto-Austronesian *sikux (“elbow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jiko
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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