# roka
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈroka]

### Noun

roka
* genitive singular of rok

## Fijian
### Noun

roka
* color

## Japanese
### Romanization

roka
* Rōmaji transcription of ろか

## Latvian

Picture dictionary :
roka
plecs
augšdelms
paduse
elkonis
apakšdelms
plauksta
pirksti :
* Roka
* loceklisloceklis
* ķermenisķermenis

### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wrenk-, *wronk-, derived from the zero grade of the root *wer- (“to turn, to bend”). The original meaning was therefore “bent, bending (organ, limb)”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɾùoka]
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### Noun

roka f (4th declension)
* (anatomy) hand, arm (each of the upper limbs of the human body, from shoulder to palm)
    kreisā, labā roka ― left, right hand, arm
    spēcīgas, muskuļainas rokas ― strong, muscular arms
    veiklas rokas ― agile, skillful hands
    aiz, pie rokas ― (taking someone) by the hand
    uz rokām ― (holding, lifting something) in the arms
    zem rokas ― (holding something) under (one's) arm
    roku rokā ― hand in hand
    māt, mest ar roku ― to wave one's hand(s)
    sniegt, dot roku ― to give, to offer (one's) hand (for a handshake)
    piedāvāt roku ― to offer (one's) hand, arm (for support)
    spiest, paspiest, saspiest roku ― to shake hand(s)
    rokas spiediens ― handshake
    vilkt cimdus rokā ― to put gloves on one's hand(s)
    paņemt rokā grāmatu ― to take the book in one's hand(s)
    maciņš izkrīt no rokas ― the little wallet fell out of (his) hand(s)
    māte mēdz iespiest rokas sānos ― mother used to press her arms against her side
    lai gan nav auksti, tomēr Juris mauc rokā pirkstainus cimdus ― though it is not cold, Juris puts on his hand(s) the fingered gloves (i.e., not mittens, but gloves with actual places for each of the five fingers)
* (in the genitive, used adjectivally) hand ..., manual (to be used with one's hands, arms; to be done, carried out with one's hands, arms)
    rokas bremze ― hand brake
    rokas svari ― hand-held weights
    rokas sūknis ― hand pump
    rokas zāģis, rokzāģis ― hand saw
    rokas granāta ― hand grenade
    rokas bagaža ― hand luggage
    rokas pulkstenis ― wrist (lit. hand) watch
    roku dzelži ― handcuffs
    roku dvielis ― hand towel
    rokas sprādze, rokassprādze ― bracelets (hand buckle)
    rokas soma, rokassoma ― handbag
    roku darbs ― manual labor; handmade item (lit. hand work)
    rokas veidošana ― manual fabrication (= built manually)
    ar automātiskajām centrālēm aizstātas rokas apkalpes telefona centrāles ― with automatic (phone) exchanges manual service was replaced in telephone (= call) centers
* (colloquial) sleeve (part of a garment that covers one's arms)
    kleita ar garām rokām ― a dress with long arms (= sleeves)
    atrotīt krekla rokas ― to roll up the shirt's arms (= sleeves)
* (technology) arm (a long, mobile mechanical device or part of a mechanical device; a handle)
    mehāniskā roka ― mechanical arm, hand
    robota roka satver apaļu metāla sagatavi un paliek to zem spiednes ― the robot hand griped the circular metal object and placed it under the press
    turamās rokas arklam ar skaista līkumā izliektiem apaļiem galiem koši zilas ― the bright blue plow hands (= handles) with round ends bent in a beautifully arch

#### Usage notes

Latvian roka, like Russian рука (ruka), refers both to a person's entire arm and more specifically to a person's hand; context usually clarifies which interpretation is best. It is the most frequent term in both senses. The word delms “upper limb; arm between shoulder and hand” is rare and academic, and plauksta, though sometimes translatable as “hand,” refers more specifically to the palm of the hand.

#### Synonyms

* (of "sleeve"): piedurkne
* (of "handle"): rokturis

#### Derived terms

* rokassoma, rokas soma
* rokraksts

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “roka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Northern Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.

### Verb

roka
* to stitch
* to sew

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

roka f (Cyrillic spelling рока)
* (Kajkavian) hand, arm
    Synonym: ruka
** 1936, Miroslav Krleža, Balade Petrice Kerempuha:Z rokami v črevu znuternje mertvečke, v kervavem drobu, z rokavi zaferknjeni,(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɔka]

### Noun

roka
* genitive singular of rok

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɔ̀ːka/
* Hyphenation: ro‧ka

### Noun

róka f
* (anatomy) hand

#### Inflection

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#### Related terms

* rôčen

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.

### Verb

roka
* to sew

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɾo.ka]

### Verb

roka
* (transitive) to pass by, pass over

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish روقه (roka), from Greek ρόκα (róka). Whereas اروقه (aruka) is from Italian eruca. All from Latin ērūca (“rocket”).

### Noun

roka (definite accusative rokayı, plural rokalar)
* rocket (Eruca sativa)

#### Declension
### References

* Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 29