hok

See also: hók, hök, hők, HÖK, and HOK

Translingual

Symbol

hok

1. (international standards) ISO 639-5 language code for Hokan languages.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans hok, from Dutch hok.

Noun

hok (plural hoks)

1. (South Africa) A kind of small hut.

Anagrams

• Kho, OHK

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hok.

Noun

hok (plural hokke, diminutive hokkie)

1. A living shelter for domesticated animals.

Descendants

• → English: hok

Ainu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hók/, [hók̚]

Verb

hok • (hok)

1. to buy, purchase

Conjugation

Conjugation of hok (transitive, 2-slot)

case			objective
	person		1st		2nd		3rd		4th
		number	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
subjective	1st	singular			eci=hok	eci=hok	k(u)=hok	k(u)=hok	ku=i=hok	ku=i=hok
		plural			eci=hok	eci=hok	c(i)=hok	c(i)=hok	a=i=hok	a=i=hok
	2nd	singular	en=hok	un=hok			e=hok	e=hok	e=i=hok	e=i=hok
		plural	eci=en=hok	eci=un=hok			eci=hok	eci=hok	eci=i=hok	eci=i=hok
	3rd	singular	en=hok	un=hok	e=hok	eci=hok	hok	hok	i=hok	i=hok
		plural	en=hok	un=hok	e=hok	eci=hok	hok	hok	i=hok	i=hok
	4th	singular	a=en=hok	a=un=hok	a=e=hok	a=eci=hok	a=hok	a=hok	a=i=hok	a=i=hok
		plural	a=en=hok	a=un=hok	a=e=hok	a=eci=hok	a=hok	a=hok	a=i=hok	a=i=hok

^†1st-person plurals are exclusive. Inclusive 1st-person plurals are denoted by 4th-person.
^†4th-person: indefinite person, 1st-person inclusive plural, logophorical person, 2nd-person honorific, etc.
See Ainu grammar.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

Of unclear origin, but possibly related to the rare noun honk (“shelter, home”), the latter presumably a later nasalized variant. Compare Middle Low German [Term?] and Norwegian Nynorsk gapahuk.

Noun

hok n (plural hokken, diminutive hokje n)

1. a living shelter for domesticated animals such as a kennel, cage, hut or a pen
2. a closet or small room
3. a den; a small and often dark dwelling such as a hut

Derived terms

• berghok
• hokje
• hokken
• hondenhok
• kippenhok
• kolenhok
• stemhok
• washok
• werkhok

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hok
  • → English: hok
• → Papiamentu: hòki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hok

1. inflection of hokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Khasi

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali হক (hok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔk/, [hɔk]

Noun

hok f

1. truth, righteousness

   ka jingbishar hok ― justice

   Balei mem kren ïa ka hok? ― Why do you not speak the truth?

   • 1891, “Salm 37:6”, in Ka Baibl (Khasi Bible):

     Bad un pynmih noh ïa ka hok jong me kum ka jingshai[.]

     And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light.

2. right
   • 2012, Meghalaya Peoples Human Rights Council, “Jinis 1”, in Ka Jingpynbna-ïar Satlak ïa ki Hok Longbriew Manbriew‎^[1]:

     Ïa ki bynriew baroh la kha laitluid bad ki ïaryngkat ha ka burom bad ki hok.

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Adjective

hok

1. true, sincere

Derived terms

• bahok

Middle English

Noun

hok

1. alternative form of ok (“oak”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

H-insertion on ok, past tense of ake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːk/

Verb

hok

1. (dialectal) past tense of haka (“to go; sled; glide”)
   • 1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 132:

     Så hok dom, og strast føre berjhufsen hevde mann se ta, [m]en kjelken reste beint utføre så det bare vart flisa att.

     They sledded, and right before the cliff, you'd throw yourself off, but the sled raced straight down, so that there were only splinters left.

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈhɔk]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈhɔk]

Noun

hok m inan

1. (Łowicz, Boczki, Marianka, Strugienice, Złaków Borowy, Przemyśl) alternative form of hak (“thick bent nail”)
2. (Przemyśl) alternative form of hak (“agricultural tool”)

Further reading

• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “hok”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎^[2] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239
• Halina Świderska (1929), “γok”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 102

Punan Tubu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hok/

Pronoun

hok

1. I

References

• Césard, Nicolas; Guerreiro, Antonio; Soriente, Antonia (2015), Petualangan Unjung dan Mbui Kuvong: Sastra Lisan dan Kamus Punan Tuvu’ dari Kalimantan, Jakarta: École française d’Extrême-Orient, Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia