Lower Sorbian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

woko n inan (nominative dual wócy, nominative plural (literal) wócy or (figurative) woka, diminutive wócko)

  1. (literally) eye (light-sensitive organ)
  2. (figuratively) any of a number of eye-shaped things:
    1. drop of grease
    2. loop (in ribbon, rope, etc.)
    3. eye (of a needle)
    4. link (of a chain)
    5. dot (on dice)
    6. small bud (on a plant)

Declension edit

Literal meaning
Figurative meanings
  • Alternative dative singular (both literal and transferred): woku

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “woko”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “woko”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Tumbuka edit

Noun edit

woko class 5 (plural mawoko class 6)

  1. hand

Upper Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Noun edit

woko n

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension edit