boke

See also: Boke, bókè, bokë, and Böke

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Scots bock (variant forms: bowk, boak, bolk etc), attested from the 16th century.

Pronunciation

Verb

boke (third-person singular simple present bokes, present participle boking, simple past and past participle boked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To thrust or push out; butt; poke.
  2. (intransitive) To retch or vomit.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːkə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːkə
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ke

Noun

boke n (plural bokes)

  1. Diminutive of bo

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

boke

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぼけ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ボケ

Middle English

Noun

boke

  1. Alternative form of bok

Noun

boke

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Scots

Alternative forms

Verb

boke

  1. to vomit

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbo.ke]

Noun

boke

  1. a scar

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔk/

Noun

boke f (plural bokes)

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Synonyms

  • boutche

See also

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀkəs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɓoke/

Verb

boke

  1. to tie

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.
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