English Explanatory Dictionary

toko

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shop in the Netherlands selling mainly Asian food products, and generally Asian- or Indo-European-owned.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of toco (“corporal punishment”).

Word forms

toko tokos

Etymology

From Dutch toko (“Southeast Asian grocery store”), from Malay toko (“shop”), from Hokkien 土庫 /土库 (thó͘-khò͘, “private storehouse”).

Derived words

give toko toko for yam
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