"tuku" meaning in Finnish

See tuku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈtuku/, [ˈt̪uku]
Rhymes: -uku Etymology: Possibly from Swedish tacka (“ewe”). Etymology templates: {{der|fi|sv|tacka||ewe}} Swedish tacka (“ewe”) Head templates: {{head|fi|interjections|head=}} tuku, {{fi-int}} tuku
  1. (often repeated) Used to call sheep (to move towards the speaker). Tags: often, repeated
    Sense id: en-tuku-fi-intj-vcnKqQ2p Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for tuku meaning in Finnish (0.9kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Finnish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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