pok

See also: POK, pók, pök, and рок

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton pocq (“kiss”), borrowed through Brythonic from Latin (dare) pācem (“to give peace”). See also Welsh impog, pocyn, pocan (“kiss”), Old Irish póc (“kiss”).

Noun

pok m (plural pokoù)

  1. kiss

Inflection
  Mutation of pok  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
singular pok bok fok unchanged
plural pokoù bokoù fokoù unchanged

References
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “pok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pok

Noun

pok

  1. a foresail
  2. the Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)

Interjection

pok

  1. bam

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch poc, pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɔk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: pok
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

pok f (plural pokken, diminutive pokje n)

  1. pock, pimple

Derived terms

Epigraphic Mayan

Verb

pok

  1. to wash

Jeh

Verb

pok

  1. to open

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English fork.

Noun

pok

  1. fork

Volapük

Noun

pok (nominative plural poks)

  1. pocket

Declension
declension of pok
singular plural
nominative pok poks
genitive poka pokas
dative poke pokes
accusative poki pokis
vocative 1 o pok! o poks!
predicative 2 poku pokus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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