poko

Updated: May 5, 2025

All the words and system of language were wholly changed as for example, Poko poko wingi bongo, means "we do not understand"; Mazi, "fire"; Pi, "water"; Pe, "there is none"; Bugra, "cow." In sound, the language of these people resembles that of the Tibet Tartars.

John Hanning Speke - The Discovery of the Source of the Nile

I asked him what he meant by sending such an extraordinary message, at the same time telling Patsey to repeat it. Hal heard it, and burst into a laugh, declaring that he told Patsey to say he would be with me "poko tiempo," in a little while which, as Patsey did not understand Spanish, he had interpreted into "kape yer timper."

Samuel Woodworth Cozzens - The Young Trail Hunters : Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West

But when he tried to break the rock with axe and poko, the hard stone resisted; and the Buso's tools were blunted and spoiled. Meantime, in the Black Lady's house the boy was getting ready for a fight, because the Black Lady said, "Go down now; they want you down there."

Clara Kern Bayliss - Philippine Folk-Tales