Telugu

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Verb

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సోకు (sōku) (causal సోకించు)

  1. To touch, come in contact with.
    నా మాటలు వాని చెవిని సోకలేదు.
    My words did not reach or enter his ears.
  2. To be communicated by contagion, to affect or catch, as a distemper.
  3. To be possessed by a demon, to be affected by the evil influence of stars or demons,
    దానికి గాలి సోకినట్లున్నది.
    She appears to have been touched by a demon.

Noun

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సోకు (sōku? (plural సోకులు)

  1. Touching.
  2. A touch, contact; a sensation.
  3. A blow.
  4. An evil spirit, a demon.

References

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"సోకు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1359