hoken

See also: höken

Japanese

Romanization

hoken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほけん

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • huke, hwke, hucke (Northern)

Etymology

From Old English hōced (“crooked”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːkən/

Verb

hoken

  1. to hook

Conjugation

Conjugation of hoken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) hoken, hoke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hoke hoked
2nd-person singular hokest hokedest
3rd-person singular hoketh hoked
subjunctive singular hoke
imperative singular —
plural1 hoken, hoke hokeden, hokede
imperative plural hoketh, hoke —
participles hokynge, hokende hoked, yhoked

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: hook
  • Yola: huck, huch

References

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian hwelk (“which”), either with a declensional ending or combined with ēn (“one”). The use of the construct “which (one)” for “who” is widely found also in Low German. For the form compare West Frisian hok (“which”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hoken (Sylt)

  1. (interrogative, relative) who
    Hoken is diar? ― Who's there?
    Weest dü hoken dit is? ― Do you know who that is?
  2. whoever, he who
    Hoken tö leet kumt, bitaalet di Reekning. ― Whoever shows up too late pays the bill.
  3. someone, anyone
    Es diar hoken? ― Is anyone there?
    Kenst dü ek hoken üđers fraagi? ― Can't you ask someone else?
    Diar mut dach hoken di Aarber dö. ― Someone has to finally do the work.
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