soke

See also: ŝoke, söke, šokę, and søke

English

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Etymology

From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”).

Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /səʊk/
  • Rhymes: -əʊk

Homophone: soak

Noun

soke (plural sokes)

  1. (England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
  2. (England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction.

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Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀲𑁄𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • सोके (Devanagari script)
  • সোকে (Bengali script)
  • සොකෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • သောကေ or သေႃၵေ (Burmese script)
  • โสเก (Thai script)
  • ᩈᩮᩣᨠᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ໂສເກ (Lao script)
  • សោកេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥𑄮𑄇𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

soke

  1. inflection of soka (“sorrow”):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Yoruba

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Etymology

From sí (“to”) +‎ òkè (“top”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /só.kè/

Adverb

sókè

  1. up

Preposition

sókè

  1. up

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