# boka
## English
### Noun

boka (plural bokas)
* Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”)

### Anagrams

* Boak, boak, koba

## Garo
### Etymology

bok +‎ -a
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### Verb

boka (transitive)
* to want, demand

## Gothic
### Romanization

bōka
* Romanization of 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese boca. Cognate with Kabuverdianu bóka.

### Noun

boka
* mouth

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bóː.káː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bóː.káː]

### Noun

bōkā m (feminine bōkanyā̀, plural bōkā̀ye, possessed form bōkan)
* herbalist, traditional healer
* wizard

#### Derived terms

* bokanci

### References

* Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 22.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Doublet of baka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbokɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bo‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

boka (plural bokák)
* ankle

#### Derived terms

* bokájú
* bokás
* bokázik
* bokafájdalom
* bokaficam
* bokaízület
* bokalánc
* bokaműtét
* bokaödéma
* bokapánt
* bokaprotézis
* bokarándulás
* bokarögzítő
* bokasérülés
* bokasüllyedés
* bokaszorító
* bokatörés
* bokazokni
* belboka
* külboka

### References

* ↑ boka in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* boka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* boka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Kristang
### Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese boca.

### Noun

boka
* mouth

## Ladino
### Noun

boka f (Hebrew spelling בוקה)
* (anatomy) mouth

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɔka]

### Noun

boka
* genitive singular of bok
* nominative dual of bok
* accusative dual of bok

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* boken m

### Noun

boka f
* definite feminine singular of bok

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bokja (dialectal)
* bokjå (dialectal)
* boki (i-ending)
* bokji (i-ending eye spelling)

### Noun

boka f
* definite singular of bok

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōku.

### Noun

bōka f
* A beech (Fagus)
    is bocan skinan hedro fon himiles tunglun
       His beeches were shining serenely at the stars in the sky (Heliand, verse 600)

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: bôke
** Low German: Böök, Böke
** Dutch Low Saxon: beuk
*** → Dutch: beuk

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese boca and Spanish boca and Kabuverdianu bóka.

### Noun

boka
* mouth
* bay

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bocca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bôka/
* Hyphenation: bo‧ka

### Noun

bȍka f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ка)
* (regional) river mouth
* (regional) bay, gulf

#### Synonyms

* ȗšće, záljev, drȁga

### Further reading

* “boka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

bok +‎ -a

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbuːˌka/

### Verb

boka (present bokar, preterite bokade, supine bokat, imperative boka)
* to book, to reserve
    Antonym: avboka

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* bokföra
* bokning
* omboka
* överboka

### References

* boka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* boka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* boka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)