woko

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔkɔ/

Noun

woko n inan (nominative dual wócy, nominative plural (literal) wócy or (figurative) woka, diminutive wócko)

  1. (literally) eye (light-sensitive organ)
  2. (figuratively) any of a number of eye-shaped things:
    1. drop of grease
    2. loop (in ribbon, rope, etc.)
    3. eye (of a needle)
    4. link (of a chain)
    5. dot (on dice)
    6. small bud (on a plant)

Declension

Literal meaning
Figurative meanings
  • Alternative dative singular (both literal and transferred): woku

Derived terms

  • wokaty
  • wokawka
  • wokognuśe
  • wokomyknjenje
  • wóckowaś
  • wóckowy
  • wócny
  • wócycko
  • wócywidny

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “woko”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “woko”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Tumbuka

Noun

woko class 5 (plural mawoko class 6)

  1. hand

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Noun

woko n

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

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