vorke

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch furka, from Proto-West Germanic *furkō, from Latin furca.

Noun

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vorke f

  1. fork (pronged tool, sometimes for eating)
  2. fork (in an object), branching, split

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Dutch: vork
    • Afrikaans: vurk
      • ? Sotho: fereko
      • Xhosa: ifolokhwe
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: forku, foruku
    • Negerhollands: vork
    • Caribbean Javanese: forok
    • Indonesian: porok
    • Papiamentu: fòrki (from the diminutive)
    • ? Sranan Tongo: forku
    • Manado Malay: forok

Further reading

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