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
• Hyphenation^(key): lo‧ka

loka

1. wet mud or dirt

   Synonyms: kura, rapa

2. (figuratively) mud (willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims)

loka

1. abbreviation of lokakuu (“October”)

• “loka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• alko, kola, lako, olka

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːka/
• Rhymes: -ɔːka

See lykja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

loka f (genitive singular loku, nominative plural lokur)

1. latch, catch, bolt

   Synonym: klinka

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)

   Synonym: loftop

• hjartaloka f
• bláæðaloka f
• ristilloka f

See Etymology 1.

loka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lokaði, supine lokað)

1. to close, to shut
2. to shut off

   Synonym: skrúfa fyrir

3. to lock

   Synonym: læsa

4. to barricade

   Synonym: þvergirða

5. to bolt

   Synonym: skjóta loku fyrir

6. to blockade

   Synonyms: teppa, halda í kví, halda í hafnbanni

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

   Synonym: styðja á

• loka inni

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦏ (loka, “world, place”), from Sanskrit लोक (loka).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈlo.ka]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: lo‧ka

loka (plural loka-loka) (chiefly obsolete, archaic or dialectal)

1. synonym of dunia (“world”)
2. synonym of tempat (“place”)

loka (active meloka)

1. (archaic or obsolete) synonym of lihat (“to see”)

• “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 masculine singular of loks
2. (dialectal) nominative feminine singular of loks

loka

1. banana

From Sanskrit लोक (loka).

• IPA^(key): /lo.ka/
• Hyphenation: lo‧ka

loka

1. (archaic) synonym of dunia (“world”)

• “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

From Sanskrit लोक (loka).

• IPA^(key): /lo.ka/
• Hyphenation: lo‧ka

loka (Hanacaraka spelling ᮜᮧᮊ)

1. world

   Synonyms: jagat, dunya, alam

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Borrowed from Spanish loca (“crazy”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈloː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: 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

• alok, kalo, lako

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.ka/

loka

1. banana

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics