# loke
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Noun

loke (plural lokes)
* (UK dialectal) The wicket or hatch of a door.
* (UK dialectal) A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac.
* (UK dialectal) A private path or road.
* (UK dialectal) A small field or meadow.

### References

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

### Anagrams

* Elko, Kole, koel

## Albanian
### Etymology

A derivative of loc.

### Noun

loke f (plural loke, definite lokja, definite plural loket)
* dear (addressed to a mother)
* mom
* father's mother
* term of respectful address for an old woman

#### Related terms

* loc
* loçkë
* lot

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “loc”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 230

## Dutch
### Verb

loke
* (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of luiken

### Anagrams

* koel

## Fataluku
### Etymology

A Papuan word, compare Makasae lo'e.

### Verb

loke
* to open

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English rose.

### Noun

loke
* (botany) rose

### References

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

## Lindu
### Noun

loke
* plug

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French hoquet.

### Verb

loke
* to hiccup

### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluːkə/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːkə
* Hyphenation: lo‧ke
* Homophones: Loke, loket

### Verb

loke (passive lokes, imperative lok, present tense loker, simple past and past participle loket or loka, present participle lokende, verbal noun loking)
* (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-dresserit 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 høyhusawe 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 hagenshe 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 vanlighe has a year off. Just wondering around aimlessly as usual

### References

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

### Anagrams

* Loke, kole

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [²lɞ̞ːçə], [²lɞ̞ːkə]
* Homophone: Loke

### Adjective

loke n
* neuter singular of loken (“closed”)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀮𑁄𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* लोके (Devanagari script)
* লোকে (Bengali script)
* ලොකෙ (Sinhalese script)
* လောကေ or လေႃၵေ (Burmese script)
* โลเก (Thai script)
* ᩃᩮᩣᨠᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂລເກ (Lao script)
* លោកេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄣𑄮𑄇𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Noun

loke
* inflection of loka (“world”):
** locative singular
** accusative plural

## Seychellois Creole
### Etymology

Borrowed from English lock.

### Verb

loke
* to lock

### References

* 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.

## Tetum
### Etymology

A Papuan word, compare Fataluku loke.

### Verb

loke
* to open

## Yoruba
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ló.kè/

### Preposition

lókè
* at the top; above

#### Related terms

* lórí