boka
English
Noun
boka (plural bokas)Category:English lemmas#BOKACategory:English nouns#BOKACategory:English countable nouns#BOKACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
- Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”).
Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
bokaCategory:Albanian non-lemma forms#BOKACategory:Albanian noun forms#BOKACategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
- inflection of bokë:
Garo
Etymology
bok + -aCategory:Garo terms suffixed with -a#BOKA
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Verb
bokaCategory:Garo lemmas#BOKACategory:Garo verbs#BOKACategory:Garo entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA (transitive)
Gothic
Romanization
bōkaCategory:Gothic non-lemma forms#BOKACategory:Gothic romanizations#BOKACategory:Gothic entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
- romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From PortugueseCategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole terms derived from Portuguese#BOKA boca. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóka.
Noun
bokaCategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole lemmas#BOKACategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole nouns#BOKACategory:Guinea-Bissau Creole entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bóː.káː/Category:Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation#BOKA
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bóː.káː]Category:Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation#BOKA
Noun
bōkā m (feminine bōkanyā̀, plural bōkā̀ye, possessed form bōkan)Category:Hausa lemmas#BOKACategory:Hausa nouns#BOKACategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Hausa masculine nouns#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Derived terms
References
- Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 22.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a TurkicCategory:Hungarian terms borrowed from Turkic languages#BOKACategory:Hungarian terms derived from Turkic languages#BOKA language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).[1] Doublet of bakaCategory:Hungarian doublets#BOKA.
Pronunciation
Noun
boka (plural bokák)Category:Hungarian lemmas#BOKACategory:Hungarian nouns#BOKACategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | boka | bokák |
| accusative | bokát | bokákat |
| dative | bokának | bokáknak |
| instrumental | bokával | bokákkal |
| causal-final | bokáért | bokákért |
| translative | bokává | bokákká |
| terminative | bokáig | bokákig |
| essive-formal | bokaként | bokákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bokában | bokákban |
| superessive | bokán | bokákon |
| adessive | bokánál | bokáknál |
| illative | bokába | bokákba |
| sublative | bokára | bokákra |
| allative | bokához | bokákhoz |
| elative | bokából | bokákból |
| delative | bokáról | bokákról |
| ablative | bokától | bokáktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
bokáé | bokáké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
bokáéi | bokákéi |
Derived terms
References
- ↑ boka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- boka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- boka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Kristang
Etymology
Inherited from PortugueseCategory:Kristang terms inherited from Portuguese#BOKACategory:Kristang terms derived from Portuguese#BOKA boca.
Noun
bokaCategory:Kristang lemmas#BOKACategory:Kristang nouns#BOKACategory:Kristang entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Category:mcm:Anatomy#BOKALadino
Noun
boka f (Hebrew spelling בוקה)Category:Ladino lemmas#BOKACategory:Ladino nouns#BOKACategory:Ladino nouns in Latin script#BOKACategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Ladino feminine nouns#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Loloda
Etymology
Uncertain. North Halmaheran displays a variety of terms for the grasshopper.
Pronunciation
Noun
bokaCategory:Loloda lemmas#BOKACategory:Loloda nouns#BOKACategory:Loloda entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
References
- M. J. van Baarda (1904), Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ka/Category:Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation#BOKA
- Rhymes: -ɔkaCategory:Rhymes:Lower Sorbian/ɔka#BOKACategory:Rhymes:Lower Sorbian/ɔka/2 syllables#BOKA
- Syllabification: bo‧ka
Noun
bokaCategory:Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms#BOKACategory:Lower Sorbian noun forms#BOKACategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
- inflection of bok:
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- boken m
Noun
boka fCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#BOKACategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#BOKACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
boka fCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#BOKACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#BOKACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BOKACategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BOKA *bōku.
Noun
bōka fCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#BOKACategory:Old Saxon nouns#BOKACategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Old Saxon feminine nouns#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
- A beech (Fagus)
- is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun
- His beeches were shining serenely at the stars in the sky (Heliand, verse 600)
- is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bōka | bōka |
| accusative | bōka | bōka |
| genitive | bōkō | bōkanō |
| dative | bōku | bōkum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
Category:osx:Botany#BOKACategory:osx:Trees#BOKAPapiamentu

Etymology
From PortugueseCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese#BOKA boca and SpanishCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish#BOKA boca and KabuverdianuCategory:Papiamentu terms derived from Kabuverdianu#BOKA bóka.
Noun
bokaCategory:Papiamentu lemmas#BOKACategory:Papiamentu nouns#BOKACategory:Papiamentu entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Italian#BOKACategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Italian#BOKA bocca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bôka/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#BOKA
- Hyphenation: bo‧ka
Noun
bȍka f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ка)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#BOKACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#BOKACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
- (regionalCategory:Regional Serbo-Croatian#BOKA) river mouth
- (regionalCategory:Regional Serbo-Croatian#BOKA) bay, gulf
Synonyms
Further reading
- “boka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
boka (present bokar, preterite bokade, supine bokat, imperative boka)Category:Swedish lemmas#BOKACategory:Swedish verbs#BOKACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | boka | bokas | ||
| supine | bokat | bokats | ||
| imperative | boka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | boken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bokar | bokade | bokas | bokades |
| ind. plural1 | boka | bokade | bokas | bokades |
| subjunctive2 | boke | bokade | bokes | bokades |
| present participle | bokande | |||
| past participle | bokad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
References
- “boka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “boka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “boka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Turkish
Noun
bokaCategory:Turkish non-lemma forms#BOKACategory:Turkish noun forms#BOKACategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#BOKACategory:Pages with entries#BOKACategory:Pages with 18 entries#BOKA