toco

See also: tóco, tocó, tǫco, and toco-

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

toco (plural tocos)

  1. tocodynamometer

Etymology 2

From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (*ṭhokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

toco (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
    • 1857, Hughes, Thomas, “Rugby and Football”, in Tom Brown's School Days‎, London: Macmilla and Co., published 1928, page 95:
      The School leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags nearest at hand; they may well be angry, for it is all Lombard-street to a china orange that the School-house kick a goal with the ball touched in such a good place.
    • 1885, Gilbert, W[illiam] S[chwenck]; Sullivan, Arthur, The Mikado‎, act 1, London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1911, page 17:
      Yum-Yum: But as I'm engaged to Ko-Ko, / To embrace you thus, con fuoco, / Would distinctly be no gioco, / And for yam I should get toco—
      Both: Toco, toco, toco, toco.
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Asturian

Verb

toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

Catalan

Verb

toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of tocar

Galician

Etymology 1

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1]

Akin to Spanish tocón (“stump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoko̝/, (northwestern) /ˈtɔko̝/

Noun

toco m (plural tocos)

  1. burrow, den
  2. stump
Synonyms

Adjective

toco m (feminine singular toca, masculine plural tocos, feminine plural tocas)

  1. lame

Etymology 2

Verb

toco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

References

  1. ↑ Julian Santano Moreno (2004), “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎, volume 43, issue 1, ISSN 0755-7752, pages 20

Portuguese

Noun

toco m (plural tocos)

  1. stub, stump (something cut short, blunted, or stunted)

Spanish

Verb

toco

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tocar.
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