doek

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Afrikaans doek (“cloth”), from Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Doublet of duck. === Noun === doek (plural doeke or doeks) (South Africa) A cloth. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (South Africa) A kopdoek: a kerchief or bandanna worn as a head covering. Hypernym: headwrap 1982, Can Themba, The Will to Die, "Mama, how about a doek for Janet?"The doek! God save our gracious doek! A doek is a colourful piece of cloth that the African woman wears as headgear. It is tied stylistically into various shapes from Accra to Cape Town. I do not know the history of this innocuous piece of cloth. In Afrikans, the language of those of our white masters who are of Dutch and Huguenot descent, doek meant, variously, a tablecloth, a dirty rag, or a symbol of the slave. Perhaps it was later used by African women in contact with European ideas of beauty who realised that 'they had no hair' and subconsciously hid their heads under the doek. Whatever else, the doek had come to designate the African woman. So that evening when I said, 'Mama, how about a doek for Janet', I was proposing to transform her, despite her colour and her deep blue eyes, into an African woman for the while. ==== References ==== === Anagrams === Doke, OKed, doke == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /duk/ === Noun === doek (plural doeke, diminutive doekie) cloth, fabric canvas diaper Synonym: luier ==== Derived terms ==== kopdoek ==== Descendants ==== → English: doek → Shona: dhuku == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /duk/ Hyphenation: doek Rhymes: -uk === Noun === doek m or n (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n) cloth, linen, fabric === Noun === doek m (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n) a piece of cloth === Noun === doek n (plural doeken, diminutive doekje n) screen, curtain (at the theater) canvas painting on canvas ==== Synonyms ==== (piece of cloth): lap ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== doekoe ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: doek→ English: doek→ Shona: dhuku Berbice Creole Dutch: duku Jersey Dutch: duk Negerhollands: doek, doekoe → Akan: duku → Nkonya: duku → Wali (Ghana): ’duuku → Akebu: ɖuku-yǝ (via an intermediary language) → Lokono: doko → Aukan: duku → English: duck, dook → Fon: dukwí → Indonesian: duk → Japanese: ズック → Mbelime: dukìhṵ̀ (via an intermediary language) → Nawdm: dukŋa (via an intermediary language) → Scots: dook → Sranan Tongo: duku→ Caribbean Javanese: duku→ Dutch: doekoe === Anagrams === doke == Zhuang == === Etymology === From Proto-Tai *tokᴰ (“to drop”). Cognate with Thai ตก (dtòk), Lao ຕົກ (tok), Lü ᦷᦎᧅ (ṫok), Shan တူၵ်း (túuk), Ahom 𑜄𑜤𑜀𑜫 (tuk), Bouyei dogt. === Pronunciation === (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /tok˥/ Tone numbers: doeg7 Hyphenation: doek === Verb === doek (Sawndip forms 𬻨[2] or 笠[2] or 托[2] or 得[2] or 篤[2] or 堕[2] or 𰜺[2] or 𭰚[2] or 𮒏[2] or 岳[2] or 𢟎[2] or 𭢥[2] or 独[2] or ⿺失独[2] or ⿱入独[2] or ⿱不独[2] or ⿱穴独[2] or 𥫫[2] or ⿰亻独[2], 1957–1982 spelling dɵk) to fall; to drop === References ===