# stok
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch stok, from Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɔk/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

stok (plural stokke, diminutive stokkie)
* stick, whether natural (made of wood) or artificial
    Die kinders stut hul bouwerk met stokke.The children support the construction they have built with sticks.

#### Derived terms

* eierstok
* stokkielekker
* stokperd
* stokvis
* suigstokkie
* toorstok

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈstok]

### Noun

stok f
* genitive plural of stoka

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse stokkr, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stick”).

### Noun

stok
* cane
* stalk, stem (e.g. on broccoli)

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: stok
* Rhymes: -ɔk

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Frankish *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

#### Noun

stok m (plural stokken, diminutive stokje n)
* stick, natural (wood) or artificial
* cane
    Synonym: wandelstok
    Hij liep na dat ongeluk met een stok.After that accident he walked with a cane.
* (card games) deck, stock (set of playing cards)
* (dated) stock, supply

##### Derived terms

* dirigeerstok
* duimstok
* eierstok
* halfstok
* kolderstok
* polsstok
* stokbrood
* stokdoof
* stokkerig
* stoklak
* stokletter
* stokoud
* stokpaard
* stokregel
* stokslag
* stokstaartje
* stokstijf
* stokstil
* stokvis
* toverstok
* trommelstok
* vechtstok
* vlaggenstok
* wandelstok
* wapenstok
* wortelstok
* zitstok
* zuurstok

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: stok
* Berbice Creole Dutch: stoko
* Negerhollands: stok
* → Indonesian: stok
* → Papiamentu: stòki

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

stok
* inflection of stokken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* kost

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch stock, from Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈstɔk̚]
* Hyphenation: stok

### Noun

stok (plural stok-stok)
* stock,
** (trading) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
** (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

#### Derived terms

* menstok

#### Compounds

* stok penyangga

### Further reading

* “stok” 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.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* stokke, stoka, stoc, stocke
* stook (hapax)

### Etymology

From Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɔk/

### Noun

stok (plural stokkes or stokken)
* trunk of a living tree

#### Descendants

* English: stock
* Yola: stouck, stouk

#### References

* “stok, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Polabian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Stock.

### Noun

stok m ?
* stick, crook

### References

* Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “stok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 761
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “stok”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 138
* Olesch, Reinhold (1971) “stock”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 11099

## Polish
### Etymology

Deverbal from stoczyć.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔk
* Syllabification: stok

### Noun

stok m inan (diminutive stoczek)
* slope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)
    Synonyms: skłon, zbocze
* (anatomy) clivus
* (archaic) stream, creek, spring
** 1973 [first published 1895], Stefan Żeromski, Siłaczka‎, Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska, archived from the original on 2022-03-13, page 11:Doznawał uczucia radości i spokoju, jakby po skwarnej i dręczącej podróży doszedł do czystego stoku, ukrytego w cieniu sosen na wyżynie górskiej.He felt a feeling of happiness and calm, as though after a hot and unpleasant journey he had come to a clear stream, hidden in the shade of pine trees in mountainous highlands.

#### Derived terms

* stokowy
* stokówka

### Further reading

* stok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* stok in Polish dictionaries at PWN