boka
See also: bóka and bōka
English
Noun
boka (plural bokas)
- Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”)
Anagrams
- Boak, boak, koba
Garo
Etymology
From bok + -a This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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).[1] Doublet of baka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbokɒ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bo‧ka
- Rhymes: -kɒ
Noun
boka (plural bokák)
- ankle
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | boka | bokák |
| accusative | bokát | bokákat |
| dative | bokának | bokáknak |
| instrumental | bokával | bokákkal |
| causal-final | bokáért | bokákért |
| translative | bokává | bokákká |
| terminative | bokáig | bokákig |
| essive-formal | bokaként | bokákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bokában | bokákban |
| superessive | bokán | bokákon |
| adessive | bokánál | bokáknál |
| illative | bokába | bokákba |
| sublative | bokára | bokákra |
| allative | bokához | bokákhoz |
| elative | bokából | bokákból |
| delative | bokáról | bokákról |
| ablative | bokától | bokáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | bokáé | bokáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | bokáéi | bokákéi |
| Possessive forms of boka | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | bokám | bokáim |
| 2nd person sing. | bokád | bokáid |
| 3rd person sing. | bokája | bokái |
| 1st person plural | bokánk | bokáink |
| 2nd person plural | bokátok | bokáitok |
| 3rd person plural | bokájuk | bokáik |
Derived terms
- bokájú
- bokás
- bokázik
Compound words with this term at the beginning
- bokafájdalom
- bokaficam
- bokaízület
- bokalánc
- bokaműtét
- bokaödéma
- bokapánt
- bokaprotézis
- bokarándulás
- bokarögzítő
- bokasérülés
- bokasüllyedés
- bokaszorító
- bokatörés
- bokazokni
Compound words with this term at the end
- belboka
- külboka
References
- boka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- boka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- boka in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Ladino
Noun
boka f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling בוקה)
- (anatomy) mouth
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɔka]
Noun
boka
- genitive singular of bok
- nominative dual of bok
- accusative dual of bok
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)
- is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun
Declension
Declension of bōka (feminine a-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bōka | bōka |
| accusative | bōka | bōka |
| genitive | bōkō | bōkanō |
| dative | bōku | bōkum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Declension of bōka (feminine n-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bōka | bōkun, bōkan, bōkon |
| accusative | bōkun, bōkan, bōkon | bōkun, bōkan, bōkon |
| genitive | bōkun, bōkan, bōkon | bōkono |
| dative | bōkun, bōkan, bōkon | bōkun, bōkan, bōkon |
| instrumental | — | — |
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
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
References
- “boka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Etymology
bok + -a
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːˌka/
Verb
boka (present bokar, preterite bokade, supine bokat, imperative boka)
- to book, to reserve
Conjugation
Conjugation of boka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | boka | bokas | ||
| Supine | bokat | bokats | ||
| Imperative | boka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | boken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bokar | bokade | bokas | bokades |
| Ind. plural1 | boka | bokade | bokas | bokades |
| Subjunctive2 | boke | bokade | bokes | bokades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bokande | |||
| Past participle | bokad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- avboka
- bokföra
- bokning
- omboka
- överboka