woka

Huarijio

Adjective

woka

1. two

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Ternate woka

Noun

woka

1. the footstool palm (Saribus rotundifolius)

Swedish

Etymology

wok +‎ -a

Verb

woka (present wokar, preterite wokade, supine wokat, imperative woka)

1. to wok (prepare (food) in a wok), (usually) to stir-fry

   Synonym: (quickly fry) snabbsteka

Conjugation

Conjugation of woka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	woka		wokas
supine	wokat		wokats
imperative	woka		—
imper. plural1	woken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	wokar	wokade	wokas	wokades
ind. plural1	woka	wokade	wokas	wokades
subjunctive2	woke	wokade	wokes	wokades
present participle		wokande
past participle		wokad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “woka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “woka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “woka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Ternate

woka

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwo.ka]

Noun

woka

1. the footstool palm (Saribus rotundifolius)

Etymology 2

woka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwo.ka]

Noun

woka

1. the humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh