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.

The stem jo- is from Proto-Finnic *jo, from Proto-Finno-Permic *jo. Related to Karelian joka, Votic jõka, Northern Sami juogọ, Erzya [script needed] (juza toza) and Eastern Mari [script needed] (juž).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjokɑ/, [ˈjo̞kɑ]
• Rhymes: -okɑ
• Syllabification: jo‧ka

Pronoun

joka

1. (relative) who, which, that.

Usage notes

• As a relative pronoun, joka only tends to refer to the previous word or phrase, as opposed to a whole sentence (like mikä). In colloquial usage, this distinction is usually not as clear-cut.

  Ostin uuden puhelimen, joka on toiminut hyvin.

  I bought a new phone that has been working well. ("that" refers to the phone)

  Ostin uuden puhelimen, mikä oli ihan hyvä kokemus.

  I bought a new phone, which was quite a good experience. ("which" refers to the purchase)

• 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.

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)

Determiner

joka

1. 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

• jok'ainoa
• joka ainoa
• joka ikinen

• jokamies
• jokapäiväinen
• joka toinen

Related terms

→

• jokainen
• jokin

• joku
• jompikumpi

See also

• jokainen (close in meaning)

Anagrams

• jako, kajo, koja

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Guaraní

Verb

joka

1. break

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Ingrian

Determiner

joka

1. every

Synonyms

• jokahiin

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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)