Talk:yoke
Cognates section?[edit]
It would be great in Wiktionary to have a 'cognates' section with each English word. Cognates are fascinating and illuminating. For example 'commander' in French means to order something - as in a menu item - and 'peripatetique' is slang for a prostitute. The word 'tractor' in English comes originally from 'trekkein' meaning 'to pull' in Greek. Cognates and related words include 'trek' (as in the 'Great Trek') and 'stretch.'I see a cognate of 'yoke' with the German word 'zug' meaning train, though I may well be wrong.
"A hundred yoke of oxen"[edit]
The entry says yokes is its plural , yet "A hundred yoke of oxen" --Backinstadiums (talk) 22:08, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
categorized senses[edit]
Oh, the creativity... DAVilla 14:46, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- @DAVilla: ? — SGconlaw (talk) 15:48, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- "Senses relating to a frame around the neck" / "a pair of harnessed draught animals" / "quantities, and other extended uses." DAVilla 18:41, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- @DAVilla: actually I used the OED as a guide. I didn't make them up. — SGconlaw (talk) 18:43, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- Oh, I didn't realize they did that. Well it's a bit different is all. DAVilla 19:28, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- @DAVilla: actually I used the OED as a guide. I didn't make them up. — SGconlaw (talk) 18:43, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- "Senses relating to a frame around the neck" / "a pair of harnessed draught animals" / "quantities, and other extended uses." DAVilla 18:41, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Bell sense outside of US[edit]
Here the bell sense is labeled as "chiefly US", but no information seems to be given on what it is called elsewhere. Catonif (talk) 00:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)