soko
English
Noun
soko (plural sokos)
- (dated) A species of African ape, supposedly a variety of the chimpanzee.
- 1918, Royal Dixon, The Human Side of Animals, page 232:
- Old hunters and travellers say that they would rather steal the child of a native savage than to take one of the sokos.
Usage notes
It is unclear which species this refers to
References
- “soko”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Fula
References
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑁄𑀓𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- सोको (Devanagari script)
- সোকো (Bengali script)
- සොකො (Sinhalese script)
- သောကော or သေႃၵေႃ (Burmese script)
- โสโก (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᩣᨠᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂສໂກ (Lao script)
- សោកោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄮𑄇𑄮 (Chakma script)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sôko/
- Hyphenation: so‧ko
Noun
sȍko m (Cyrillic spelling со̏ко)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
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