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 [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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)

• (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 loka (ꦭꦺꦴꦏ, “world, location”) or Balinese loka (ᬮᭀᬓ, “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 Indonesian) 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

Borrowed from Spanish loca (“crazy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈloka/, [ˈlo.xɐ]
• Hyphenation: 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.ka/

loka

1. banana

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics