KOKO¹

KOKO¹

n.

1. Fingernail.
2. Toenail; nail of a finger or toe.

Example:

Koko daw bolong sa koko ko.

“Please get medicine for my fingernail.”

Note: Although both occurrences are pronounced identically, the first koko derives from the verbal root “get, obtain,” while the second is the noun “fingernail.” Such ambiguity is natural and unremarkable to Boie’nen speakers.