hok

See also: hók, hök, hők, HÖK, and HOK

Translingual

Symbol

hok

1. (international standards) ISO 639-5 language code for Hokan languages.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans hok, from Dutch hok.

Noun

hok (plural hoks)

1. (South Africa) A kind of small hut.

Anagrams

• Kho, OHK

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hok.

Noun

hok (plural hokke, diminutive hokkie)

1. A living shelter for domesticated animals.

Descendants

• → English: hok

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

Of unclear origin, but possibly related to the rare noun honk (“shelter, home”), the latter presumably a later nasalized variant.

Noun

hok n (plural hokken, diminutive hokje n)

1. A living shelter for domesticated animals such as a kennel, cage, hut or a pen.
2. A closet or small room.
3. A den; a small and often dark dwelling such as a hut.

Derived terms

• berghok
• hokje
• hokken
• hondenhok
• kippenhok
• kolenhok
• stemhok
• washok
• werkhok

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hok
  • → English: hok
• → Papiamentu: hòki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hok

1. inflection of hokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Khasi

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali হক (hok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔk/, [hɔk]

Noun

hok f

1. truth, righteousness

   ka jingbishar hok ― justice

   Balei mem kren ïa ka hok? ― Why do you not speak the truth?

   • 1891, “Salm 37:6”, in Ka Baibl (Khasi Bible):

     Bad un pynmih noh ïa ka hok jong me kum ka jingshai[.]

     And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light.

2. right
   • 2012, Meghalaya Peoples Human Rights Council, “Jinis 1”, in Ka Jingpynbna-ïar Satlak ïa ki Hok Longbriew Manbriew‎^[1]:

     Ïa ki bynriew baroh la kha laitluid bad ki ïaryngkat ha ka burom bad ki hok.

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Adjective

hok

1. true, sincere

Derived terms

• bahok

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

H-insertion on ok, past tense of ake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːk/

Verb

hok

1. (dialectal) past tense of haka (“to go; sled; glide”)
   • 1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 132:

     Så hok dom, og strast føre berjhufsen hevde mann se ta, [m]en kjelken reste beint utføre så det bare vart flisa att.

     They sledded, and right before the cliff, you'd throw yourself off, but the sled raced straight down, so that there were only splinters left.