hok

See also: hók, hök, hők, and HÖK

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/

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• Hyphenation: hok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

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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
• hokken
• hondenhok
• kippenhok
• kolenhok
• washok
• werkhok

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hok

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

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, Holtvedt, Reidar, 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.