hok
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
hok
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Afrikaans hok, from Dutch hok.
Noun edit
hok (plural hoks)
- (South Africa) A kind of small hut.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hok (plural hokke, diminutive hokkie)
Descendants edit
- → English: hok
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Of unclear origin, but possibly related to the rare noun honk (“shelter, home”), the latter presumably a later nasalized variant.
Noun edit
hok n (plural hokken, diminutive hokje n)
- A living shelter for domesticated animals such as a kennel, cage, hut or a pen.
- A closet or small room.
- A den; a small and often dark dwelling such as a hut.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
hok
- inflection of hokken:
Khasi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Bengali হক (hok).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hok f
- truth, righteousness
- ka jingbishar hok ― justice
- Balei mem kren ïa ka hok? ― Why do you not speak the truth?
- right
Adjective edit
hok
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
H-insertion on ok, past tense of ake.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hok
- (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.