soke
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Etymology
From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”).
Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.
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Noun
soke (plural sokes)
- (England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
- (England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction.
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Noun
soke
- inflection of soka (“sorrow”):
Yoruba
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Etymology
From sí (“to”) + òkè (“top”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
sókè
Preposition
sókè
Derived terms
- jẹun sókè (“to move on”)
- sọ̀rọ̀ sókè (“speak up”)