joka

See also: jokā

Basque

Etymology

From Latin iocor (“joke, jest”).

Verb

joka (jokatu)

1. play

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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 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

• joka ainoa, joka ikinen
• joka toinen
• jokamies
• jokapäiväinen

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. serpent (big snake)