koker

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch koker. Doublet of cocker and quiver.

Noun[edit]

koker (plural kokers)

  1. (Guyana) A sluice.

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch coker.

Noun[edit]

koker m (plural kokers, diminutive kokertje n)

  1. tube, cylinder, cylindrical case, quiver
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Lokono: kokoro
  • → Guyanese Creole English: koker
  • → Papiamentu: kokkertsje (dated)
  • → Russian: ко́кор (kókor)
  • → Sranan Tongo: kokro
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: kokro
    • → Caribbean Javanese: kokro
  • → Trinidadian Creole English: koka

Etymology 2[edit]

From koken (“to cook”) +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

koker m (plural kokers)

  1. (uncommon) Someone who cooks or boils.
  2. A device used for boiling.

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

koker

  1. Alternative form of coker

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

koker

  1. present of koke

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

koker c (plural kokers, diminutive kokerke)

  1. quiver (tube for holding arrows)

Further reading[edit]

  • “koker”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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