Noko
noko
- (n.) grandfather, grandpa (mother’s father)
A katava noko oi’i!
“My grandfather’s tall!”
Notes: This is true of one of my grandfathers.
Tomorrow (or, today, I guess) I’m going to be celebrating father’s day with one of my grandfathers over at his place. Apparently we’re going to be rewatching the game between the US and Slovenia. I found it very frustrating, due to the legitimate goal that was wiped away. This article made me feel a little better (very well-written and well-reasoned), but I think if I watch it live again, I may get freshly mad. We’ll see.
This iku is a straightforward combination of the syllabic glyphs for no and ko. Notice that when the no closes off the three-sided box of ko the iku looks like it could be toko. Luckily, toko is far, far different (and far cooler, in my opinion), so there’s no cause for confusion.