loka

loko +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): [ˈloka]

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Hyphenation: lo‧ka

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

1. local

From Proto-Finnic *loka.

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

loka

1. wet mud or dirt

• lika

loka

1. Abbreviation of lokakuu (“October”).

• “loka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• alko, kola, lako, olka

See lykja.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːka/
• Rhymes: -ɔːka

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 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

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

• hjartaloka f
• bláæðaloka f
• ristilloka f

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

• (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

• loka inni

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦏ (loka, “world, location”) or Balinese ᬮᭀᬓ (loka, “location, nature”), from Old Javanese loka (“wide space, the world; the world of human beings; mankind, human society”), ultimately from Sanskrit लोक (loka, “world”).

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

loka

1. (Classical) location, world

   Synonym: lokasi

• → Malay: lauka

• loka-

• “loka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

loka m

1. genitive singular of loks

loka

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

loka

1. banana

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

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

loka

1. (figurative) world

   Synonyms: alam, dunia

• “loka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːka/

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• Rhymes: -uːka
• Hyphenation: lo‧ka

• lokene

loka n

1. definite plural of lok

• loket

loka

1. simple past and present perfect of loke

• kloa

loka n

1. definite plural of lok

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

loka m

1. world

• brahmaloka
• devaloka
• nāgaloka

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

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀nga.

loka

1. to be right

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

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

loka (Sundanese spelling ᮜᮧᮊ)

1. (figurative) world

   Synonyms: jagat, dunya, alam

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Borrowed from Spanish loca (“crazy”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈloː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: lo‧ka

loka (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ)

1. (mildly derogatory) feminine of loko: insane; crazy; demented

   Synonyms: baliw, buang, sira-ulo

loka (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ)

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

• alok, kalo, lako

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.ka/

loka

1. banana

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics