jok

From Malay ijuk.

1. Arenga plant

jok

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jok

1. giving

From Dutch jokken. Possibly influenced or reinforced by English joke, but the meaning “to joke” also existed in early modern Dutch.

• IPA^(key): /jɔk/

jok (present jok, present participle jokkende, past participle gejok)

1. (intransitive) to fib, to tell (often irrelevant or inconsequential) lies

   Jy moenie jok vir jou ouers nie!

   You shouldn't fib to your parents!

2. (intransitive) to joke, to tell jokes

   Jy moenie jok hier nie, hierdie is 'n ernstige sakedistrik.

   You shouldn't joke around here, this is a serious business district.

• IPA^(key): /jɔk/
• Hyphenation: jok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

From Middle Dutch joc. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

jok m (plural jokken, diminutive jokje n)

1. (uncountable, archaic) jest; frivolous, unserious intent or mood

   Synonyms: gekkigheid, scherts

2. (countable, archaic) joke, jest, prank

   Synonyms: grap, scherts

• jokken

jok n (plural jokken)

1. Alternative form of juk.

From Hokkien 褥 (jio̍k, “cotton-padded mattress”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔʔ/
• Hyphenation: jok

jok (first-person possessive jokku, second-person possessive jokmu, third-person possessive joknya)

1. cushion

• “jok” 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.

From Proto-Turkic *jōk.

jok

1. no

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jok”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

From Proto-Micronesian *toko, from Proto-Oceanic *toko.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲɔkʷ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲɛkʷ/
• Bender phonemes: {jekʷ}

jok

1. to land
2. to alight
3. to perch

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

jok

1. Alternative form of ȝok

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوق (yok).

• IPA^(key): /jôk/

jȍk (Cyrillic spelling јо̏к)

1. (colloquial, emphatic) no, nope

   Synonym: ne