bokken

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See also: bocken and Bocken

English

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Etymology

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From Japanese 木剣 (ぼっけん, bokken, wooden sword), see below.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bokken (plural bokkens or bokken)

  1. A wooden katana, used as a training sword.

Synonyms

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From bok +‎ -en.

Verb

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bokken

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) to buck, said of a quadruped, e.g. a horse: to leap upward while arching its back
  2. (intransitive) to react to opposition or adversity grumpily and capriciously, like a crossed spoiled child
  3. (transitive, Suriname) to tell off, to scold, to rebuke
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bokken (weak)
infinitive bokken
past singular bokte
past participle gebokt
infinitive bokken
gerund bokken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bok bokte
2nd person sing. (jij) bokt, bok2 bokte
2nd person sing. (u) bokt bokte
2nd person sing. (gij) bokt bokte
3rd person singular bokt bokte
plural bokken bokten
subjunctive sing.1 bokke bokte
subjunctive plur.1 bokken bokten
imperative sing. bok
imperative plur.1 bokt
participles bokkend gebokt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bokken

  1. Alternative form of bukken
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bokken (weak)
infinitive bokken
past singular bokte
past participle gebokt
infinitive bokken
gerund bokken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bok bokte
2nd person sing. (jij) bokt, bok2 bokte
2nd person sing. (u) bokt bokte
2nd person sing. (gij) bokt bokte
3rd person singular bokt bokte
plural bokken bokten
subjunctive sing.1 bokke bokte
subjunctive plur.1 bokken bokten
imperative sing. bok
imperative plur.1 bokt
participles bokkend gebokt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bokken

  1. plural of bok

Japanese

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Romanization

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bokken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼっけん