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

Declension

declension of loke

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	loke	loke		lokja	loket
accusative (kallëzore)	loke	loke		loken	loket
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	lokeje	lokeve		lokes	lokeve
dative (dhanore)	lokeje	lokeve		lokes	lokeve
ablative (rrjedhore)	lokeje	lokesh		lokes	lokeve

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 scripts

• 𑀮𑁄𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• लोके (Devanagari script)
• লোকে (Bengali script)
• ලොකෙ (Sinhalese script)
• လောကေ or လေႃၵေ (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.