pok

See also: POK, pók, pök, and рок

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton pocq (“kiss”), borrowed through Brythonic from Latin (dare) pācem (“to give peace”). See also Welsh impog, pocyn, pocan (“kiss”), Old Irish póc (“kiss”).

Noun

pok m (plural pokoù)

1. kiss

Inflection

  Mutation of pok  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	pok	bok	fok	unchanged
plural	pokoù	bokoù	fokoù	unchanged

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “pok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pok

Noun

pok

1. a foresail
2. the Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)

Interjection

pok

1. bam

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch poc, pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔk/

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• Hyphenation: pok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

pok f (plural pokken, diminutive pokje n)

1. pock, pimple

Derived terms

• gepokt
• koepokken
• pokken-
• waterpokken
• zeepok

 

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

pok

1. to wash

Jeh

Verb

pok

1. to open

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English fork.

Noun

pok

1. fork

Volapük

Noun

pok (nominative plural poks)

1. pocket

Declension

declension of pok

	singular	plural
nominative	pok	poks
genitive	poka	pokas
dative	poke	pokes
accusative	poki	pokis
vocative 1	o pok!	o poks!
predicative 2	poku	pokus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only