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, cheoke, chieke, chike, choke, chooke, chyke
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): /ˈt͡ʃɛːk(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃeːk(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɔːk(ə)/
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.
Verb
cheke
- Alternative form of choken