boka

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See also: bóka and bōka

English

Noun

boka (plural bokas)

  1. Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”)

Anagrams

Garo

Etymology

From bok + -a This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

boka (transitive)

  1. to want, demand

Gothic

Romanization

bōka

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese boca. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóka.

Noun

boka

  1. mouth

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

bōkā m (feminine bōkanyā̀, plural bōkā̀ye, possessed form bōkan)

  1. herbalist, traditional healer
  2. wizard

Derived terms

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 22.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Doublet of baka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: bo‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

boka (plural bokák)

  1. ankle

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative boka bokák
accusative bokát bokákat
dative bokának bokáknak
instrumental bokával bokákkal
causal-final bokáért bokákért
translative bokává bokákká
terminative bokáig bokákig
essive-formal bokaként bokákként
essive-modal — —
inessive bokában bokákban
superessive bokán bokákon
adessive bokánál bokáknál
illative bokába bokákba
sublative bokára bokákra
allative bokához bokákhoz
elative bokából bokákból
delative bokáról bokákról
ablative bokától bokáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bokáé bokáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bokáéi bokákéi
Possessive forms of boka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bokám bokáim
2nd person sing. bokád bokáid
3rd person sing. bokája bokái
1st person plural bokánk bokáink
2nd person plural bokátok bokáitok
3rd person plural bokájuk bokáik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

References

  1. ^ boka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • boka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • boka in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Ladino

Noun

boka f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling בוקה)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

boka

  1. genitive singular of bok
  2. nominative dual of bok
  3. accusative dual of bok

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

boka f

  1. definite feminine singular of bok

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

boka f

  1. definite singular of bok

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōku.

Noun

bōka f

  1. A beech (Fagus)
    is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun
    His beeches were shining serenely at the stars in the sky (Heliand, verse 600)

Declension

Declension of bōka (feminine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative bōka bōka
accusative bōka bōka
genitive bōkō bōkanō
dative bōku bōkum
instrumental — —


Declension of bōka (feminine n-stem)
singular plural
nominative bōka bōkun, bōkan, bōkon
accusative bōkun, bōkan, bōkon bōkun, bōkan, bōkon
genitive bōkun, bōkan, bōkon bōkono
dative bōkun, bōkan, bōkon bōkun, bōkan, bōkon
instrumental — —


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: bôke

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese boca and Spanish boca and Kabuverdianu bóka.

Noun

boka

  1. mouth
  2. bay

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian bocca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôka/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ka

Noun

bȍka f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ка)

  1. (regional) river mouth
  2. (regional) bay, gulf

Synonyms

References

  • “boka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

bok +‎ -a

Pronunciation

Verb

boka (present bokar, preterite bokade, supine bokat, imperative boka)

  1. to book, to reserve
    Antonym: avboka

Conjugation

Conjugation of boka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive boka bokas
Supine bokat bokats
Imperative boka —
Imper. plural1 boken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative bokar bokade bokas bokades
Ind. plural1 boka bokade bokas bokades
Subjunctive2 boke bokade bokes bokades
Participles
Present participle bokande
Past participle bokad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia