tukul

English

Noun

tukul (plural tukuls)

1. (often italicized) A cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa
   • 1987, Tudor Parfitt, The Thirteenth Gate: Travels Among the Lost Tribes of Israel‎^[1], page 136:

     The women were sitting in groups in front of their tukuls.

Anagrams

• Ktulu, tulku

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tukul (“hammer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.kʊl/
• Rhymes: -kʊl, -ʊl, -l
• Hyphenation: tu‧kul

Noun

tukul (first-person possessive tukulku, second-person possessive tukulmu, third-person possessive tukulnya)

1. (rare) hammer

   Synonyms: martil, palu

Derived terms

• ditukul
• menukul
• penukul

 

• tukul besi
• tukul kayu

 

Further reading

• “tukul” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Sumerian

Romanization

tukul

1. Romanization of 𒆪 (tukul)

Tausug

Noun

tukul

1. hammer

Verb

tukul

1. to hammer