boka
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
boka (plural bokas)
Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”).
=== Anagrams ===
Boak, boak, koba
== Albanian ==
=== Noun ===
boka
inflection of bokë:
definite nominative singular
indefinite nominative/accusative plural
== Garo ==
=== Etymology ===
bok + -a
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=== Verb ===
boka (transitive)
to want, demand
== Gothic ==
=== Romanization ===
bōka
romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰
== Guinea-Bissau Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese boca. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóka.
=== Noun ===
boka
mouth
== Hausa ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bóː.káː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bóː.káː]
=== Noun ===
bōkā m (feminine bōkanyā̀, plural bōkā̀ye, possessed form bōkan)
herbalist, traditional healer
wizard
==== Derived terms ====
bokanci
=== 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): [ˈbokɒ]
Hyphenation: bo‧ka
Rhymes: -kɒ
=== Noun ===
boka (plural bokák)
ankle
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
boka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
boka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
== Kristang ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Portuguese boca.
=== Noun ===
boka
mouth
== Ladino ==
=== Noun ===
boka f (Hebrew spelling בוקה)
(anatomy) mouth
== Loloda ==
=== Etymology ===
Uncertain. North Halmaheran displays a variety of terms for the grasshopper.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbo.ka/
=== Noun ===
boka
grasshopper, locust
=== References ===
M. J. van Baarda (1904), Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira
== Lower Sorbian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ka/
Rhymes: -ɔka
Syllabification: bo‧ka
=== Noun ===
boka
inflection of bok:
genitive singular
nominative/accusative dual
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Alternative forms ===
boken m
=== Noun ===
boka f
definite feminine singular of bok
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Alternative forms ===
bokja (dialectal)
bokjå (dialectal)
boki (i-ending)
bokji (i-ending eye spelling)
=== Noun ===
boka f
definite singular of bok
== Old Saxon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *bōku.
=== Noun ===
bōka f
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 ====
==== Descendants ====
Middle Low German: bôke
Low German: Böök, Böke
Dutch Low Saxon: beuk
→ Dutch: beuk
== Papiamentu ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese boca and Spanish boca and Kabuverdianu bóka.
=== Noun ===
boka
mouth
bay
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian bocca.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bôka/
Hyphenation: bo‧ka
=== Noun ===
bȍka f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ка)
(regional) river mouth
(regional) bay, gulf
==== Synonyms ====
ȗšće, záljev, drȁga
=== Further reading ===
“boka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
bok + -a
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbuːˌka/
=== Verb ===
boka (present bokar, preterite bokade, supine bokat, imperative boka)
to book, to reserve
Antonym: avboka
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
bokföra
bokning
omboka
överboka
=== References ===
boka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
boka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
boka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
== Turkish ==
=== Noun ===
boka
dative singular of bok