boka

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See also: bóka and bōka

English

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Noun

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boka (plural bokas)

  1. Alternative form of buka (kangaroo-skin cloak)

Anagrams

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Garo

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Etymology

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From bok + -a This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

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boka (transitive)

  1. to want, demand

Gothic

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Romanization

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bōka

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese boca. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóka.

Noun

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boka

  1. mouth

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bóː.káː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bóː.káː]

Noun

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bōkā m (feminine bōkanyā̀, plural bōkā̀ye, possessed form bōkan)

  1. herbalist, traditional healer
  2. wizard

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References

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  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 22.

Hungarian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbokɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

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boka (plural bokák)

  1. ankle

Declension

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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

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Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • boka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • boka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Ladino

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Noun

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boka f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling בוקה)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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boka

  1. genitive singular of bok
  2. nominative dual of bok
  3. accusative dual of bok

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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boka f

  1. definite feminine singular of bok

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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boka f

  1. definite singular of bok

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bōku.

Noun

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bōka f

  1. A beech (Fagus)
    is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun
    His beeches were shining serenely at the stars in the sky (Heliand, verse 600)

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Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: bôke

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese boca and Spanish boca and Kabuverdianu bóka.

Noun

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boka

  1. mouth
  2. bay

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Italian bocca.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bôka/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ka

Noun

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bȍka f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ка)

  1. (regional) river mouth
  2. (regional) bay, gulf

Synonyms

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References

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  • boka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

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Etymology

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bok +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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Verb

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boka (present bokar, preterite bokade, supine bokat, imperative boka)

  1. to book, to reserve
    Antonym: avboka

Conjugation

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