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heko

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheko/, [ˈhe̞ko̞]
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Syllabification(key): he‧ko
  • Hyphenation(key): he‧ko

Etymology 1

    Back-formation from hekottaa (to guffaw).

    Interjection

    heko

    1. har har, hardy har har (false laughter with a sarcastic connotation)
    Usage notes

    Used only in reduplicated form, heko heko.

    Etymology 2

      Syllabic abbreviation of helikopteri.

      Noun

      heko

      1. (military slang) helicopter, helo
      Declension
      More information nominative, genitive ...
      More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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      Paraguayan Guarani

      Noun

      heko

      1. third-person possessed form of teko

      Swahili

      Pronunciation

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      Interjection

      heko

      1. congratulations! (expressing praise and approval)
        Synonyms: hongera, pongezi

      Tagalog

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Hokkien, either:

      •  / (hê ko, literally shrimp paste) according to Chan-Yap (1980)
      • 蝦膎 / 虾膎 (hê-kê, shrimp paste, literally pickled/salted shrimp) according to Manuel (1948)

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      heko (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜓ)

      1. thick, dark sauce from the residue of salted shrimp paste

      See also

      Further reading

      • heko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
      • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 137
      • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 22

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