boka

See also: bóka and bōka

English

Noun

boka (plural bokas)

1. Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”)

Anagrams

• Boak, boak, koba

Garo

Etymology

bok +‎ -a

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Verb

boka (transitive)

1. to want, demand

Gothic

Romanization

bōka

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese boca. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóka.

Noun

boka

1. mouth

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóː.káː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bóː.káː]

Noun

bōkā m (feminine bōkanyā̀, plural bōkā̀ye, possessed form bōkan)

1. herbalist, traditional healer
2. wizard

Derived terms

• bokanci

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 Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Doublet of baka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbokɒ]

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• Hyphenation: bo‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

boka (plural bokák)

1. ankle

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	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

Possessive forms of boka

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bokám	bokáim
2nd person sing.	bokád	bokáid
3rd person sing.	bokája	bokái
1st person plural	bokánk	bokáink
2nd person plural	bokátok	bokáitok
3rd person plural	bokájuk	bokáik

Derived terms

• bokájú
• bokás
• bokázik

(Compound words with this term at the beginning):

• bokafájdalom
• bokaficam
• bokaízület
• bokalánc
• bokaműtét
• bokaödéma
• bokapánt
• bokaprotézis
• bokarándulás
• bokarögzítő
• bokasérülés
• bokasüllyedés
• bokaszorító
• bokatörés
• bokazokni

(Compound words with this term at the end):

• belboka
• külboka

Further reading

• boka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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 Portuguese boca.

Noun

boka

1. mouth

Ladino

Noun

boka f (Hebrew spelling בוקה)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔka]

Noun

boka

1. genitive singular of bok
2. nominative dual of bok
3. accusative dual of bok

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• boken m

Noun

boka f

1. definite feminine singular of bok

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bokja (dialectal)
• bokjå (dialectal)
• boki (i-ending)
• bokji (i-ending eye spelling)

Noun

boka f

1. definite singular of bok

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōku.

Noun

bōka f

1. A beech (Fagus)

   is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun

   His beeches were shining serenely at the stars in the sky (Heliand, verse 600)

Declension

bōka (feminine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	bōka	bōka
accusative	bōka	bōka
genitive	bōkō	bōkanō
dative	bōku	bōkum
instrumental	—	—

bōka (feminine n-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	bōka	bōkun, bōkan, bōkon
accusative	bōkun, bōkan, bōkon	bōkun, bōkan, bōkon
genitive	bōkun, bōkan, bōkon	bōkono
dative	bōkun, bōkan, bōkon	bōkun, bōkan, bōkon
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bôke
  • Low German: Böök, Böke
  • Dutch Low Saxon: beuk
    • → Dutch: beuk

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese boca and Spanish boca and Kabuverdianu bóka.

Noun

boka

1. mouth
2. bay

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bocca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôka/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ka

Noun

bȍka f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ка)

1. (regional) river mouth
2. (regional) bay, gulf

Synonyms

• ȗšće, záljev, drȁga

Further reading

• “boka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Etymology

bok +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːˌka/

Verb

boka (present bokar, preterite bokade, supine bokat, imperative boka)

1. to book, to reserve

   Antonym: avboka

Conjugation

Conjugation of boka (weak)

	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

• bokföra
• bokning
• omboka
• överboka

References

• boka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• boka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• boka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)