# joko
## Basque
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin iocus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟoko/ [ɟo.ko]
* IPA: (Southern) /xoko/ [xo.ko]
* IPA: (Gipuzkoan) /xoko/ [xo.ko]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /d͡ʒoko/ [d͡ʒo.ko]
* IPA: (Navarrese) /joko/ [jo.ko]
* Rhymes: -oko, -o
* Hyphenation: jo‧ko

### Noun

joko inan
* game
    Synonyms: jolas, josteta

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “joko”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “joko”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjoko/, [ˈjo̞ko̞]
* Rhymes: -oko
* Hyphenation: jo‧ko

### Etymology 1

From jo- +‎ -ko.

#### Adverb

joko
* (joko ... tai) either ... or
    Joko minä tai sinä.Either me or you.

#### Further reading

* “joko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adverb

joko
* form of jo (with enclitic -ko)
    Joko olemme siellä?Are we there yet?

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English joke.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒoko/, /ˈd͡ʒoko/

### Noun

joko (plural joki)
* joke, banter, jest

#### Derived terms

* jokante (“by way of a joke, in jest”)
* jokar (“to joke, banter, jest”)
* jokema (“jocular, waggish, facetious”)
* jokomentio (“hoax”)
* jokoza (“jocular, waggish, facetious”)
* laciva joko (“broad jest, coarse joke”)
* malgusta joko (“a bad joke, a vulgar joke”)

### See also

* quodlibeto (“pun, quibble, sorry joke, jest”)

## Javanese
### Noun

joko
* Nonstandard spelling of jaka.

## Karelian

Regional variants of joko :
| North Karelian (Viena) | joko |
| South Karelian (Tver) | jogo |

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjoko/
* Hyphenation: jo‧ko

### Adverb

joko
* (North Karelian) form of jo (with enclitic -ko)

### References

* P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “joko”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
* Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “joko”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

## Latvian
### Verb

joko
* inflection of jokot:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** third-person plural present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of jokot
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of jokot

## Rayón Zoque
### Noun

joko
* smoke

#### Related terms

* jokoꞌʌyu
* jokʌyu

### References

* Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 10

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* zókòó (Ào)
* jókòó

### Etymology

Possibly from jó +‎ òkó

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒò.kó/

### Verb

jòkó
* (Ekiti) Alternative form of jókòó (“to sit (down)”)

### Verb

jokò
* (Owe) Alternative form of jókòó (“to sit (down)”)

#### Derived terms

* ìjòkó