yuko

See also: yukō, Yuko, Yūko, and Yūkō

English

Etymology

From Japanese 有効.

Noun

yuko (plural yukos)

1. (judo) The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
   • 2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 25:

     As with yukos, kokas are not accumulative, so no amount of kokas are deemed equal to or greater than a yuko.

Anagrams

• youk

Masbatenyo

Noun

yuko

1. act of bowing the head

Derived terms

• magyuko

Swahili

Verb

yuko

1. third-person singular (m class_(I)) positive degree present of -wako (“he/she is (around there)”)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• yoco — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *yukúq (“to stoop, bend down”). Compare Masbatenyo yuko. Doublet of yukos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /juˈkoʔ/ [jʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: yu‧ko

Adjective

yukô (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜃᜓ)

1. with the head or body bent forward

   Synonyms: nakayuko, nakauko, nakaukod, nakayukod, uko, ukod, yukod, tungo

2. bowing one's head in defeat

   Synonym: suko

Noun

yukô (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜃᜓ)

1. act of bending the body or lowering the head forward (as in when passing a low clearance)

   Synonyms: pag-uko, pag-ukod, pagyukod, uko, ukod, yukod

2. bent position of the head or body
3. condescension; obeisance

   Synonyms: pagpapakumbaba, paggalang

Derived terms

• iyuko
• magyuko
• mayukuan
• nakayuko
• pagyuko
• pagyuyukuan
• yukuan
• yumuko

 

See also

• yukayok
• yukyok

 

Further reading

• “yuko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*yukúq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• ukoy, kuyo