coka

Ainu

Etymology

Contraction of ciokay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃó̞ꜜkà]

Pronoun

coka (Kana spelling チョカ)

1. (Saru dialect) (exclusive) we (first-person plural subject pronoun)

See also

Ainu personal pronouns

person	isolated form	affix form
		nominative	objective
first	singular	kuani, kani1	ku=, k=1 (before vowels)	en=
	exclusive plural	ciokay, coka1, ciutari	ci=, c=1 =as	un=
	inclusive plural	anokay, aoka1, anutari	a=, =an	i=
second	singular	eani	e=
	plural	eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari	eci=
	singular (polite)	anokay, aoka1	a=, =an	i=
	plural (polite)	anokay, aoka1, anutari
third	singular	sinuma, anihi	∅=
	plural	okay, oka1
indefinite	singular	asinuma	a=, =an	i=
	plural	anokay, aoka1, anutari
1. Saru dialect

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kushoka as an equivalent of English return in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba gujoka as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɔːka/

Verb

coka (infinitive gũcoka)

1. to go back, to return

Derived terms

(Verbs)

• gũcokia

(Names)

• Njoki f

(Proverbs)

• gũthiĩ gũtigiragia mũndũ acoke

See also

• kũinũka

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• “coka” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.