loke
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editloke (plural lokes)
- (UK dialectal) The wicket or hatch of a door.
- (UK dialectal) A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
- (UK dialectal) A private path or road.
- (UK dialectal) A small field or meadow.
References
edit- “loke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editAlbanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editloke f (plural loke, definite lokja, definite plural loket)
Declension
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “loc”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 230
Dutch
editVerb
editloke
Anagrams
editFataluku
editEtymology
editA Papuan word, compare Makasae lo'e.
Verb
editloke
- to open
Hawaiian
editEtymology
editNoun
editloke
References
edit- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
Lindu
editNoun
editloke
Mauritian Creole
editEtymology
editVerb
editloke
- to hiccup
References
edit- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse loka (“to let fall and hang down”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editloke (passive lokes, imperative lok, present tense loker, simple past and past participle loket or loka, present participle lokende, verbal noun loking)
- (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
References
edit- “loke” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editloke n
Pali
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editloke
- inflection of loka (“world”):
Seychellois Creole
editEtymology
editVerb
editloke
- to lock
References
edit- 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
editEtymology
editA Papuan word, compare Fataluku loke.
Verb
editloke
- to open
Yoruba
editEtymology
editFrom ní (“at”) + òkè (“top”), literally “at the top”
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editlókè
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- British English
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- haw:Botany
- haw:Rose family plants
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