cheke

== Atong (India) == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ɕeke/ === Noun === cheke (Bengali script চেকে) sieve === References === van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cheek, cheeke, chike, choke, chooke, chyke chieke (Gower); cheake (Kent); cheoke (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) === Etymology 1 === Originally two distinct nouns: Old English ċēace, from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ. Old English ċēoce, from Proto-West Germanic *keukā, from Proto-Germanic *keukǭ. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ̝ːk(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɔ̝ːk(ə)/ (from ċēace) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːk(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃoːk(ə)/ (from ċēoce) ==== Noun ==== cheke (plural chekes or cheken) jaw, jawbone cheek (side of face) fauces (opening of the mouth) (rare, figurative) side ===== Related terms ===== acheken choken ===== Descendants ===== English: cheek; choke Scots: cheek ===== References ===== “chẹ̄ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “chōke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cheke alternative form of choken