voke

Japanese

Romanization

voke

1. Rōmaji transcription of ヴォケ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫku, oblique singular of vaka (“wake”).

Alternative forms

• Voka, Vuku, voka, voku, vuku (obsolete spellings)
• vòke (alternative spelling)

Noun

voke f (definite singular voka, indefinite plural voker, definite plural vokene)

1. waking
2. wake, vigil

Related terms

• vak
• vaka, vake
• vake f
• vakt f

Etymology 2

From vòk, from Old Norse vǫk, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål våk and English wake.

Alternative forms

• voka (a infinitive)
• vòka, vòke (orthographical variant)

Verb

voke (present tense vokar, past tense voka, past participle voka, passive infinitive vokast, present participle vokande, imperative voke/vok)

1. to break through ice

References

• “voke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.