jako

Noun

jako (plural jakos)

1. An African gray parrot, Psittacus erithacus, commonly kept as a cage bird.
   • 1878, Jules Verne, Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen:

     Of parrots, little Jack only saw ash-gray jakos, with red tails, which abounded under the trees. But these jakos were not new to him.

   • 1882, Rev. P. B. Power, The Home Visitor and District Companion

     Very little is known of these birds in their wild state, although they are brought to Europe in far greater numbers than any other species. We learn from Henglin that the habitat of the Jako extends from the western coast of Africa deep into the heart of that continent […]

   • 1908, Chandler Belden Beach, The Students' Reference Work

     The Jako, or gray parrot of Africa, has the capacity for speaking best developed, and the yellow-headed green parrot of Mexico stands second in the list.

Etymology

Panslavic; from Old Czech kako, from Proto-Slavic *kako (“how”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjako/

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• Rhymes: -ako

Adverb

jako

1. as
2. like

References

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jacke.

Noun

jako (accusative singular jakon, plural jakoj, accusative plural jakojn)

1. jacket, coat

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jako, clearly from *jakadak.

Noun

jako

1. The act of dividing, sharing or dealing (See various meanings of the verb jakaa).
2. The result of the same activities.

Anagrams

• joka, kajo, koja

Etymology

From Esperanto jako, German Jacke, Italian giacca.

Noun

jako (plural jaki)

1. jacket

Etymology

From *jako.

Noun

jako

1. deal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jako.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.kɔ/

• audio

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Preposition

jako (+ same case as that of the noun it modifies)

1. as

Conjunction

jako

1. as

Further reading

• jako in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâːko/
• Hyphenation: ja‧ko

Adverb

jȃko (Cyrillic spelling ја̑ко)

1. very, very much

   D(j)eca se često poskliznu i padnu kad uče hodati, ali se nikad jako ne ozl(j)ede.

   Children often slip and fall when they are learning to walk, but they do not hurt themselves very much.

2. hard, strongly, powerfully, forcefully (with a great deal of effort or force)

   U borilačkim sportovima, prejako udaranje suparnika može rezultirati diskvalificiranjem.

   In martial arts, hitting the opponent too hard can result in disqualification.

3. hard, severely (to the fullest extent possible)

   Auto je skrenuo jako udesno te skliznuo sa ceste.

   Car turned hard to the right and skidded off the road.