koken
See also: Koken, kōken, and köken
English
Etymology
From Japanese 後見 (kōken, "a staff in noh and kabuki").
Note: In Japanese, a black-clad person is referred as 黒衣 (kuroko), and 黒衣 is one of the 後見 in noh and kabuki.
Noun
koken (plural kokens)
- (theater) A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors
- 1988, July 8, “Diana Spinrad”, in Tango; Chicago Young Playwrights Festival:
- McAllister uses the Japanese device of the koken for changing scenes, distributing props, and creating furniture.
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Anagrams
- Knoke
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch *kokon, from late Proto-Germanic *kukōną, either from *kukaz (“cook”) from Latin coquus, or borrowed from Vulgar Latin *coco, cocere, from Latin coquō, coquere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoː.kə(n)/
audio (with final n) (file) audio (no final n) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oːkən
Verb
koken
- (transitive, intransitive) to cook, boil
- (intransitive, figuratively) to seethe, boil with anger
Inflection
| Inflection of koken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | koken | |||
| past singular | kookte | |||
| past participle | gekookt | |||
| infinitive | koken | |||
| gerund | koken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kook | kookte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kookt | kookte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kookt | kookte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kookt | kookte | ||
| 3rd person singular | kookt | kookte | ||
| plural | koken | kookten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | koke | kookte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | koken | kookten | ||
| imperative sing. | kook | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kookt | |||
| participles | kokend | gekookt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Related terms
- keuken
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kook
Japanese
Romanization
koken
- Rōmaji transcription of こけん