foka

See also: fóka and foką

Hungarian

Etymology

fok +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfokɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: fo‧ka

Noun

foka

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of fok

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	foka	—
accusative	fokát	—
dative	fokának	—
instrumental	fokával	—
causal-final	fokáért	—
translative	fokává	—
terminative	fokáig	—
essive-formal	fokaként	—
essive-modal	fokául	—
inessive	fokában	—
superessive	fokán	—
adessive	fokánál	—
illative	fokába	—
sublative	fokára	—
allative	fokához	—
elative	fokából	—
delative	fokáról	—
ablative	fokától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	fokáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	fokáéi	—

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

foka f (definite singular foka, indefinite plural foker or fokor, definite plural fokene or fokone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of foke
2. definite singular of foke

Etymology 2

Noun

foka n

1. definite plural of fok

Old Norse

Noun

foka

1. genitive plural indefinite of fok n

Polish

foka

Etymology

Borrowed from French phoque, from Latin phoca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Syllabification: fo‧ka

Noun

foka f (diminutive foczka)

1. seal (pinniped)
2. (colloquial) attractive woman; babe

   Synonyms: dupa, dupeczka, dżaga, foczka, kociak, laska, niunia

Declension

Declension of foka

	singular	plural
nominative	foka	foki
genitive	foki	fok
dative	foce	fokom
accusative	fokę	foki
instrumental	foką	fokami
locative	foce	fokach
vocative	foko	foki

Derived terms

adjective

• foczy

 

noun

• fokarium

 

Further reading

• foka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• foka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôka/
• Hyphenation: fo‧ka

Noun

fȍka f (Cyrillic spelling фо̏ка)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro) seal (pinniped)

   Synonym: (Croatia) tùljan

Declension

Declension of foka

	singular	plural
nominative	fȍka	foke
genitive	foke	fȏkā
dative	foki	fokama
accusative	foku	foke
vocative	foko	foke
locative	foki	fokama
instrumental	fokom	fokama

References

• “foka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَقَعَ (faqaʕa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-foka (infinitive kufoka)

1. to erupt, overflow, gush
2. (music) to rap

Conjugation

Conjugation of -foka
Positive present -nafoka Subjunctive -foke Negative -foki Imperative singular foka
Infinitives
Positive kufoka Negative kutofoka
Imperatives
Singular foka Plural fokeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufoka Positive past positive subject concord + -lifoka Negative past negative subject concord + -kufoka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafoka) Singular Plural 1st person ninafoka/nafoka tunafoka 2nd person unafoka mnafoka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafoka wanafoka other classes positive subject concord + -nafoka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -foki) Singular Plural 1st person sifoki hatufoki 2nd person hufoki hamfoki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafoki hawafoki other classes negative subject concord + -foki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafoka Negative future negative subject concord + -tafoka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -foke) Singular Plural 1st person nifoke tufoke 2nd person ufoke mfoke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afoke wafoke other classes positive subject concord + -foke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifoke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefoka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefoka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifoka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifoka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afoka) Singular Plural 1st person nafoka twafoka 2nd person wafoka mwafoka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afoka wafoka m-mi(III/IV) wafoka yafoka ji-ma(V/VI) lafoka yafoka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafoka vyafoka n(IX/X) yafoka zafoka u(XI) wafoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafoka pa(XVI) pafoka mu(XVIII) mwafoka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefoka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafoka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafoka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifoka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofoka Consecutive kafoka / positive subject concord + -kafoka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafoke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifoka -tufoka 2nd person -kufoka -wafoka/-kufokeni/-wafokeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfoka -wafoka m-mi(III/IV) -ufoka -ifoka ji-ma(V/VI) -lifoka -yafoka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifoka -vifoka n(IX/X) -ifoka -zifoka u(XI) -ufoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufoka pa(XVI) -pafoka mu(XVIII) -mufoka Reflexive -jifoka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -foka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fokaye -fokao m-mi(III/IV) -fokao -fokayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fokalo -fokayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fokacho -fokavyo n(IX/X) -fokayo -fokazo u(XI) -fokao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fokako pa(XVI) -fokapo mu(XVIII) -fokamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -foka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefoka -ofoka m-mi(III/IV) -ofoka -yofoka ji-ma(V/VI) -lofoka -yofoka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofoka -vyofoka n(IX/X) -yofoka -zofoka u(XI) -ofoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofoka pa(XVI) -pofoka mu(XVIII) -mofoka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of fokusera.

Verb

foka (present fokar, preterite fokade, supine fokat, imperative foka)

1. (colloquial) to focus

   Vi ska foka på vårt spel och i finalen ska vi göra vår bästa match.

   We're going to focus on our game and in the final we will play our best match.

Conjugation

Conjugation of foka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	foka		fokas
Supine	fokat		fokats
Imperative	foka		—
Imper. plural1	foken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	fokar	fokade	fokas	fokades
Ind. plural1	foka	fokade	fokas	fokades
Subjunctive2	foke	fokade	fokes	fokades
	Participles
Present participle	fokande
Past participle	fokad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Volapük

Noun

foka

1. genitive singular of fok