himkok

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hjemmebrent, HB, hjembrent, hjemmebrent, heimert

Etymology

heim +‎ kok, first part him is a dialectal form of heim (“home”), from Old Norse heima, genitive indefinite plural form of heimr (“realm, region, village, home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) +‎ *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix). Last part from the verb koke (“to boil”), from Latin coquere, future passive indicative of coquō (“I cook, prepare food”), from earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti by p-kʷ assimilation, from *pénkʷe (“to be cooking, to be ripe”), from *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”), via German Low German koken (“cook”) and late Proto-Germanic *kukōną (“cook”), from *kukaz (“cook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːmkuːk/

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• Rhymes: -uːk
• Hyphenation: him‧kok

Noun

himkok m or n (definite singular himkoken or himkoket, indefinite plural himkoker or himkok, definite plural himkokene or himkoka)

1. moonshine (high-proof alcohol that is often produced illegally)

   Synonyms: husfusel, heimert, hjemmebrent

   • 1931, Aksel Sandemose, En sjømann går i land, page 132:

     Eugens hemkok var en djevelsk veske som opløste karakteren i sine tvilsomme bestanddeler

     Eugene's moonshine was a diabolical bag that dissolved the character into its dubious constituents

   • 1959, Terje Stigen, Stjernøy, page 231:

     [Leo] kom tilbake med en mugge heimkok og to kopper

     [Leo] returned with a jug of moonshine and two cups

   • 1999, Morten Jørgensen, Sennepslegionen, page 190:

     nå ville både vodka og heimkok ut i friluft igjen

     now both vodka and moonshine would go out into the open again

   • 1999, Arne Svingen, Handlingens mann, page 130:

     vi hadde fest hjemme kos en kompis, vettu, masse himkok

     we had a party at home enjoying a friend, you know, lots of moonshine

   • 2014, Jon Michelet, Gullgutten, page 259:

     det lukter som det gjorde etter at satsdunken til faren til Lisa Graaberget hadde eksplodert nede i kjelleren. Det stinker himkok

     it smells like it did after the kit can of Lisa Graaberget's father had exploded down in the basement. It stinks of moonshine

References

• “himkok” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).