koker

== English == === Etymology === From Dutch koker. Doublet of cocker and quiver. === Noun === koker (plural kokers) (Guyana) A sluice. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoː.kər/ Hyphenation: ko‧ker Rhymes: -oːkər === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch coker. ==== Noun ==== koker m (plural kokers, diminutive kokertje n) tube, cylinder, cylindrical case, quiver ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: koker → Lokono: kokoro → Guyanese Creole English: koker → Papiamentu: kokkertsje (dated) → Russian: ко́кор (kókor) → Sranan Tongo: kokro → Caribbean Hindustani: kokro → Caribbean Javanese: kokro → Trinidadian Creole English: koka === Etymology 2 === From koken (“to cook”) +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== koker m (plural kokers, no diminutive) (uncommon) someone who cooks or boils (historical, Suriname) boiler (an enslaved person in charge of boiling down sugarcane juice on sugar plantations) Synonyms: kookneger, suikerkoker a device used for boiling == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch koker (“tube”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ko.ker/ Hyphenation: ko.ker === Noun === koker (plural koker-koker) (electricity) transformer bobbin == Middle English == === Noun === koker alternative form of coker == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === koker present of koke == West Frisian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === koker c (plural kokers, diminutive kokerke) quiver (tube for holding arrows) ==== Further reading ==== “koker”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011