joka

See also: jokā, jōka, and jōkā

Basque

Verb

joka

1. short stem of jokatu

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Finnish

Etymology

• From the pronominal stem jo- + the suffix -ka/kä.

Pronoun

joka (stem jo-, see below)

1. (relative) who, which, that.

Inflection

Irregular. Some cases are practically never used. The conjunction jos may be the lative singular of this pronoun.

Declension of joka noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative joka jotka superessive – – genitive jonka joiden joitten delative – – partitive jota joita sublative jonne – accusative joka, jonka jotka lative (jos?) – inessive jossa joissa temporal jolloin – elative josta joista causative joten – illative johon joihin multiplicative – – adessive jolla joilla distributive – – ablative jolta joilta temp. dist. – – allative jolle joille prolative (joitse) – essive jona joina situative – – translative joksi joiksi oppositive – – instructive – (join) abessive (jotta) (joitta) comitative – (joine)

Usage notes

• In Eastern Finnish dialects, the indeclinable stem -ka is still used and, thus, the pronoun forms with -ka can occur in standard Finnish on occasion, because it is not a big error to use it:

• joidenka, jotenka, joihinka, jonneka etc.

Pronoun

joka (indeclinable)

1. (indefinite) every, each:

   Hän käy lenkillä joka päivä.

   She goes jogging every day.

   joka kerta = every time

   joka puolella/puolelta/puolelle, joka paikassa/paikasta/paikkaan = everywhere

   joka tapauksessa = in any case, at any rate

   joka toinen vuosi = every two years, biennially

Derived terms

Derived terms

joka ainoa joka ikinen jokamies

jokapäiväinen joka toinen

Related terms

Related terms

jokainen jokin

joku jompikumpi

See also

• jokainen (close in meaning)

Anagrams

• jako, kajo

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Guaraní

Verb

joka

1. break

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Latvian

Noun

joka m

1. genitive singular form of joks

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Swahili

Etymology

ji- +‎ nyoka

Noun

joka (ma class, plural majoka)

1. Augmentative of nyoka: serpent (big snake)