paku

• IPA^(key): /pa.ku/

paku

1. nail (metal)

paku

1. imperative of paki

paku

1. genitive singular of pakk

Clipping of pakettiauto +‎ -u

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑku/, [ˈpɑ̝ku]

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• Rhymes: -ɑku
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧ku

paku (colloquial)

1. van (vehicle)

• pakettiauto

• “paku”, 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 2023-07-03

• kapu

• IPA^(key): /paku/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ku

From Malay paku, from Classical Malay paku. Compare to Javanese ꦥꦏꦸ (paku), Balinese ᬧᬓᬸ, Old Javanese paku, pakö.

paku

1. nail (fastener with a sharp point on one end)

   Synonym: pasak

From Malay paku, from Classical Malay paku, from Proto-Malayic *paku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku (“bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers”).

paku

1. fern

   Synonyms: pakis, tanjung

• “paku” 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.

paku

1. woman

• E R Ribeiro, Nimuendajú Was Right: The Inclusion of the Jabutí Language Family (IJAL)

paku

1. Rōmaji transcription of パク

paku

1. Romanization of ꦥꦏꦸ

paku

1. nail

paku

1. to nail

paku f

1. inflection of paka:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Cognate with Tagalog pako.

paku

1. fern

• Rhymes: -u

From Proto-Malayic *paku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku (“bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers”).

paku (Jawi spelling ڤاکو, plural paku-pakis, informal 1st possessive pakuku, 2nd possessive pakumu, 3rd possessive pakunya)

1. fern

   Synonym: pakis

• tunjuk langit

• Indonesian: paku
• → Chinese: 巴姑菜 (bāgūcài)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) cf. Tagalog pakò

paku (Jawi spelling ڤاکو, plural paku-paku, informal 1st possessive pakuku, 2nd possessive pakumu, 3rd possessive pakunya)

1. nail (metal)

   Synonym: pasak besi

• Indonesian: paku

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paku, from Proto-Austronesian *pahəku (“bracken; edible fern that grows by rivers”).

paku (Sundanese script ᮕᮊᮥ)

1. fern

Compare Javanese ꦥꦏꦸ (paku), Balinese ᬧᬓᬸ, Malay paku.

paku (Sundanese script ᮕᮊᮥ)

1. nail (fastener with a sharp point on one end)

• "PAKOE", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij