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loke

See also: Loke and Lôĸe

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English loke, from Old English loca (“a bar, bolt; enclosure, stronghold”), from Proto-Germanic *lukô, *lukǭ (“lock, clasp, shutter, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Icelandic loka (“clasp, latch, lock, bolt”). More at lock.

Noun

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loke (plural lokes)

  1. (UK dialectal) The wicket or hatch of a door.
  2. (UK dialectal) A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
  3. (UK dialectal) A private path or road.
  4. (UK dialectal) A small field or meadow.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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A derivative of loc.[1]

Noun

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loke f (plural loke, definite lokja, definite plural loket)

  1. dear (addressed to a mother)
  2. mom
  3. father's mother
  4. term of respectful address for an old womam

Declension

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Declension of loke
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative loke lokja loke loket
accusative loken
dative lokeje lokes lokeve lokeve
ablative lokesh
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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “loc”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 230

Dutch

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Verb

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loke

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of luiken

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Fataluku

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Etymology

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A Papuan word, compare Makasae lo'e.

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loke

  1. to open

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English rose.

Noun

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loke

  1. (botany) rose

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  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986

Lindu

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Noun

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loke

  1. plug

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French hoquet.

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loke

  1. to hiccup

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  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse loka (“to let fall and hang down”).

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Verb

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loke (passive lokes, imperative lok, present tense loker, simple past and past participle loket or loka, present participle lokende, verbal noun loking)

  1. (colloquial) to lurk or wander around aimlessly
    • 1996, Sverre Knudsen, Munn til munn, page 161:
      det var en ny tøffeldrøm. Jeg befant meg på toppen av en forblåst isbre og massevis av folk loka rundt meg i Helly Hansen-dresser
      it was a new slipper dream. I was on top of a windswept glacier and lots of people lurked around me in Helly Hansen suits
    • 2008, Harald Rosenløw Eeg, Løp hare løp:
      vi loker rundt i gatene, i retning høyhusa
      we walk aimlessly around the streets, in the direction of the high-rise buildings
    • 2016, Kyrre Andreassen, For øvrig mener jeg at Karthago bør ødelegges, page 297:
      hun hadde loka bakimellom stuegardinene mens vi holdt på ute i hagen
      she had lurked in the back between the living room curtains while we were out in the garden
    • 2017, Skam, season 4, episode 3:
      han har friår. Bare loker rundt som vanlig
      he has a year off. Just wondering around aimlessly as usual

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

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Adjective

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loke n

  1. neuter singular of loken (“closed”)

Pali

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Noun

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loke

  1. inflection of loka (“world”):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English lock.

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loke

  1. to lock

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
  • Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Tetum

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Etymology

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A Papuan word, compare Fataluku loke.

Verb

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loke

  1. to open

Yoruba

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Etymology

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From ní (“at”) +‎ òkè (“top”), literally “at the top”

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Preposition

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lókè

  1. at the top; above
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