loke
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
loke (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 edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
loke f (plural loke, definite lokja, definite plural loket)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “loc”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 230
Dutch edit
Verb edit
loke
Anagrams edit
Fataluku edit
Etymology edit
A Papuan word, compare Makasae lo'e.
Verb edit
loke
- to open
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
loke
References edit
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
Lindu edit
Noun edit
loke
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
loke
- to hiccup
References edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse loka (“to let fall and hang down”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
loke (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 edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
loke n
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
loke
- inflection of loka (“world”):
Seychellois Creole edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
loke
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
A Papuan word, compare Fataluku loke.
Verb edit
loke
- to open
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
From ní (“at”) + òkè (“top”), literally “at the top”
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
lókè
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- haw:Botany
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