loke

From Middle English loke, from Old English loca (“a bar, bolt; enclosure, stronghold”), from Proto-Germanic *lukô, *lukǭ (“lock, clasp, shutter, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Icelandic loka (“clasp, latch, lock, bolt”). More at lock.

loke (plural lokes)

1. (UK dialectal) The wicket or hatch of a door.
2. (UK dialectal) A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
3. (UK dialectal) A private path or road.
4. (UK dialectal) A small field or meadow.

• “loke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Elko, Kole, koel

A derivative of loc.^[1]

loke f (plural loke, definite lokja, definite plural loket)

1. dear (addressed to a mother)
2. mom
3. father's mother
4. term of respectful address for an old woman

loke

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of luiken

• koel

A Papuan word, compare Makasae lo'e.

loke

1. to open

Borrowed from English rose.

loke

1. (botany) rose

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986

loke

1. plug

From French hoquet.

loke

1. to hiccup

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

loke

1. alternative form of loken

From Old Norse loka (“to let fall and hang down”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːkə/

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• Rhymes: -uːkə
• Hyphenation: lo‧ke
• Homophones: Loke, loket

loke (passive lokes, imperative lok, present tense loker, simple past and past participle loket or loka, present participle lokende, verbal noun loking)

1. (colloquial) to lurk or wander around aimlessly
   • 1996, Sverre Knudsen, Munn til munn, page 161:

     det var en ny tøffeldrøm. Jeg befant meg på toppen av en forblåst isbre og massevis av folk loka rundt meg i Helly Hansen-dresser

     it was a new slipper dream. I was on top of a windswept glacier and lots of people lurked around me in Helly Hansen suits

   • 2008, Harald Rosenløw Eeg, Løp hare løp:

     vi loker rundt i gatene, i retning høyhusa

     we walk aimlessly around the streets, in the direction of the high-rise buildings

   • 2016, Kyrre Andreassen, For øvrig mener jeg at Karthago bør ødelegges, page 297:

     hun hadde loka bakimellom stuegardinene mens vi holdt på ute i hagen

     she had lurked in the back between the living room curtains while we were out in the garden

   • 2017, Skam, season 4, episode 3:

     han har friår. Bare loker rundt som vanlig

     he has a year off. Just wondering around aimlessly as usual

• “loke” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• Loke, kole

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

• IPA^(key): [²lɞ̞ːçə], [²lɞ̞ːkə]
• Homophone: Loke

loke n

1. neuter singular of loken (“closed”)

loke

1. inflection of loka (“world”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Borrowed from English lock.

loke

1. to lock

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
• Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

A Papuan word, compare Fataluku loke.

loke

1. to open
2. to uncover

• “loke”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From ní (“at”) +‎ òkè (“top”), literally “at the top”

• IPA^(key): /ló.kè/

lókè

1. at the top; above

• lórí