naku

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑku/, [ˈnɑ̝ku]
• Rhymes: -ɑku
• Syllabification^(key): na‧ku
• Hyphenation^(key): na‧ku

From Swedish naken (“naked”).

naku (comparative nakumpi, superlative nakuin) (colloquial)

1. naked, nude

• (naked): alaston

• “naku”, 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 1 July 2023

Back-formation from nakuttaa (“to knock (as of a diesel engine)”).

naku (colloquial)

1. diesel car (automobile powered with a diesel engine)
2. diesel engine

• (diesel car): diesel, dieselauto
• (diesel engine): diesel, dieselmoottori

• akun, kuna

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ku/, [ˈnɐ.ku]

From Proto-Polynesian *natu (“knead”), from Proto-Oceanic.

naku(intransitive)

1. to wallow
2. to tread, to trample
3. to struggle

• hoʻonaku (causative)
• nakunaku (reduplicated form)
• naku liʻi (“groveler”)
• nākuʻi (“rumble”, verb)

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *ŋatu (“bulrush”).

naku

1. bulrush

• nānaku (“great bulrush”)

• naku in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

naku

1. Rōmaji transcription of なく

• nako, na ku, na ko
• naco, na co
• na

• IPA^(key): /nəˈku/ [nəˈxu]
• Hyphenation: na‧ku

From na (“third person singular possessive/ergative”) +‎ ku (“I, my”). Compare Tagalog niya ako.

naku

1. Replaces niya aku, aku niya (she or he and me).

   Pintalan naku bale.

   S/he went to my house.

   Anak naku.

   I am her/his child.

From na (“already, now”) +‎ ku (“I, my”). Compare Tagalog na ako.

naku

1. Replaces ku na, aku na or na aku (already and me).

   Ayan naku.

   I'm coming.

   Mas malinong makakalat na.

   I spread more clearly.

   Nokarin na?

   Now, where am I?

• naco, nacu — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• nako

Univerbation of ina (“mother”) +‎ ko (“my”). See also Spanish madre mía.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naˈku/ [n̪ɐˈxu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: na‧ku

nakú (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃᜓ)

1. an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, fear, pain, etc.: oh my; my goodness

   Synonym: (Rizal) inakaw

• “naku”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• John Kaufmann (1934), Visayan-English Dictionary‎^[2] (overall work in Hiligaynon and English), page 324

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

naku

1. here, there (when presenting or pointing to something)

• sidʹ

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “вот, тут”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika