loka

See also: Loka, lokā, and lô-kà

Esperanto

Etymology

loko +‎ -a

Pronunciation
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Adjective

loka (accusative singular lokan, plural lokaj, accusative plural lokajn)

  1. local

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *loka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlokɑ/, [ˈlo̞kɑ]
  • Rhymes: -okɑ
  • Syllabification(key): lo‧ka

Noun

loka

  1. wet mud or dirt

Declension
Inflection of loka (Kotus type 10*D/koira, k- gradation)
nominative loka loat
genitive loan lokien
partitive lokaa lokia
illative lokaan lokiin
singular plural
nominative loka loat
accusative nom. loka loat
gen. loan
genitive loan lokien
lokainrare
partitive lokaa lokia
inessive loassa loissa
elative loasta loista
illative lokaan lokiin
adessive loalla loilla
ablative loalta loilta
allative loalle loille
essive lokana lokina
translative loaksi loiksi
instructive — loin
abessive loatta loitta
comitative — lokineen
Possessive forms of loka (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person lokani lokamme
2nd person lokasi lokanne
3rd person lokansa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Noun

loka

  1. Abbreviation of lokakuu (“October”).

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

See lykja.

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔːka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːka

Noun

loka f (genitive singular loku, nominative plural lokur)

  1. latch, catch, bolt
  2. (music) stop (device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ)

Declension
declension of loka
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative loka lokan lokur lokurnar
accusative loku lokuna lokur lokurnar
dative loku lokunni lokum lokunum
genitive loku lokunnar loka/lokna lokanna/loknanna

Synonyms
  • (a latch): klinka f
  • (a stop, a device on a flute for covering the holes): loftop n

Derived terms
  • hjartaloka f
  • bláæðaloka f
  • ristilloka f

Verb

loka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lokaði, supine lokað)

  1. to close, to shut
  2. to shut off
  3. to lock
  4. to barricade
  5. to bolt
  6. to blockade
  7. (music) to stop, to close (a hole, e.g. on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note

Conjugation
loka — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að loka
supine
(sagnbót)		 lokað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 lokandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég loka við lokum present
(nútíð)		 ég loki við lokum
þú lokar þið lokið þú lokir þið lokið
hann, hún, það lokar þeir, þær, þau loka hann, hún, það loki þeir, þær, þau loki
past
(þátíð)		 ég lokaði við lokuðum past
(þátíð)		 ég lokaði við lokuðum
þú lokaðir þið lokuðuð þú lokaðir þið lokuðuð
hann, hún, það lokaði þeir, þær, þau lokuðu hann, hún, það lokaði þeir, þær, þau lokuðu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 loka (þú) lokið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
lokaðu lokiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lokast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að lokast
supine
(sagnbót)		 lokast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 lokandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég lokast við lokumst present
(nútíð)		 ég lokist við lokumst
þú lokast þið lokist þú lokist þið lokist
hann, hún, það lokast þeir, þær, þau lokast hann, hún, það lokist þeir, þær, þau lokist
past
(þátíð)		 ég lokaðist við lokuðumst past
(þátíð)		 ég lokaðist við lokuðumst
þú lokaðist þið lokuðust þú lokaðist þið lokuðust
hann, hún, það lokaðist þeir, þær, þau lokuðust hann, hún, það lokaðist þeir, þær, þau lokuðust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 lokast (þú) lokist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
lokastu lokisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lokaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 lokaður lokuð lokað lokaðir lokaðar lokuð
accusative
(þolfall)		 lokaðan lokaða lokað lokaða lokaðar lokuð
dative
(þágufall)		 lokuðum lokaðri lokuðu lokuðum lokuðum lokuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 lokaðs lokaðrar lokaðs lokaðra lokaðra lokaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 lokaði lokaða lokaða lokuðu lokuðu lokuðu
accusative
(þolfall)		 lokaða lokuðu lokaða lokuðu lokuðu lokuðu
dative
(þágufall)		 lokaða lokuðu lokaða lokuðu lokuðu lokuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 lokaða lokuðu lokaða lokuðu lokuðu lokuðu

Synonyms
  • (to lock): læsa
  • (to shut off): skrúfa fyrir
  • (to barricade): þvergirða
  • (to bolt): skjóta loku fyrir
  • (to blockade): teppa, halda í kví, halda í hafnbanni
  • (to stop, to close a hole (e.g. on a flute)): styðja á

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay loka, from Classical Malay loka, from Sanskrit लोक (loka, “world, sight”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [loka]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ka

Noun

loka

  1. (poetic) world
  2. (government) station
    Coordinate terms: balai besar, balai

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

loka m

  1. genitive singular form of loks

Adjective

loka

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular masculine form of loks
  2. (dialectal form) nominative singular feminine form of loks

Lindu

Noun

loka

  1. banana

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit लोक (loka, “world, sight”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lo.ka/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ka

Noun

loka

  1. (figurative) world

Derived terms
  • lokakarya
  • syurgaloka

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈluːka/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːka
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ka

Alternative forms

Noun

loka n

  1. definite plural of lok

Alternative forms

Verb

loka

  1. simple past and present perfect of loke

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

loka n

  1. definite plural of lok

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोक (loka). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀅 (loa).

Noun

loka m

  1. world

Declension
Declension table of "loka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lokolokā
Accusative (second)lokaṃloke
Instrumental (third)lokenalokehi or lokebhi
Dative (fourth)lokassa or lokāya or lokatthaṃlokānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lokasmā or lokamhā or lokālokehi or lokebhi
Genitive (sixth)lokassalokānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lokasmiṃ or lokamhi or lokelokesu
Vocative (calling)lokalokā

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Burmese: လောက (lau:ka.)
  • → Khmer: លោក (look)
  • → Lao: ໂລກ (lōk, “world”)
  • → Mon: လောက
  • → Northern Thai: โลก, ᩃᩰ᩠ᨠ
  • → Thai: โลก (lôok)

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀nga.

Verb

loka

  1. to be right

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish loca (“crazy”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈloka/, [ˈlo.xɐ]

Adjective

loka

  1. (derogatory) feminine of loko: insane; crazy; demented
    Synonyms: baliw, buang, sira-ulo

Derived terms
  • ikaloka
  • kalerki
  • kaloka
  • kalokahan
  • loka-loka
  • magpakaloka
  • maloka
  • nakakaloka
  • naloka
  • napakaloka
  • pagkakaloka
  • pagkaloka
  • pampaloka
  • pinakamaloka

Noun

loka

  1. (derogatory) feminine of loko: madwoman
  2. (informal, colloquial, offensive) foolish or stupid person, especially one who is a female, effeminate man, or homosexual

West Makian

Etymology

From East Makian [Term?]. Compare Balantak loka'.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪o.ka/

Noun

loka

  1. banana

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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