loke

See also: Loke and Lôĸe

English

Etymology

From Middle English loke, from Old English loca (“a bar, bolt; enclosure, stronghold”), from Proto-Germanic *lukô, *lukǭ (“lock, clasp, shutter, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Icelandic loka (“clasp, latch, lock, bolt”). More at lock.

Noun

loke (plural lokes)

1. (Britain dialectal) The wicket or hatch of a door.
2. (Britain dialectal) A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
3. (Britain dialectal) A private path or road.
4. (Britain dialectal) A small field or meadow.

References

• loke in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Elko, Kole, koel

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Albanian

Etymology

A derivative of loc.

Noun

loke f (indefinite plural loke, definite singular lokja, definite plural loket)

1. dear, darling

Related terms

• lot
• loc
• loçkë

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Dutch

Verb

loke

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of luiken

Anagrams

• koel

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Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English rose.

Noun

loke

1. (botany) rose

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986

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Lindu

Noun

loke

1. plug

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French hoquet

Verb

loke

1. to hiccup

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀮𑁄𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• लोके (Devanagari script)
• লোকে (Bengali script)
• ලොකෙ (Sinhalese script)
• လောကေ (Burmese script)
• โลเก (Thai script)
• ᩃᩮᩣᨠᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂລເກ (Lao script)
• លោកេ (Khmer script)

Noun

loke

1. inflection of loka (“world”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from English lock.

Verb

loke

1. to lock

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
• Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.