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Appendix:Variations of "ok"
Abenaki
Suffix
abe suffix
A suffix used to form the plurals of some animate words.
abe agaskw woodchuck → abe agaskok agask(w)ok woodchucks
Usage notes
Used to form the plurals of many words ending in w (which it may suppress), and of some other words (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language).
See the usage notes at -ak.
Basque
Suffix
eu suffix inflectional suffixes
Absolutive and ergative proximal plural suffix.
we
eu Ikasleok azterketa errezak nahiago ditugu. We students prefer easy exams.
you
these
eu Otsoak mendiotan zehar dabiltza. There are wolves wandering around these mountains.
Usage notes
There are two uses for this suffix:
Replacing the normal plural eu -ak when the speaker/interlocutor is part of a group.
A clitic equivalent of eu hauek these. However, they aren't exact synonyms, as eu -ok often implies a real physical proximity.
The inflection is similar to that of eu -ak, but replacing eu -e- by eu -o-.
Declension
Further reading
1228 plural hurbila (-ok)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
hu ok 1
Etymology 1
From hu -o- -k linking vowel plural suffix y.
Suffix
hu suffix
hu plural hu plural suffix -s, -es
hu kor age korok ages
hu Az elektromos autók hangtalanok. Electric cars are quiet.
Usage notes
Etymology 2
From hu -o- -k linking vowel personal suffix y.
Suffix
hu suffix
hu personal hu personal suffix Forms the first-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
hu ír to write to write írok I write, I am writing
hu Levelet írok a szüleimnek. I'm writing a letter to my parents.
Usage notes
See also
:Category:Hungarian verb forms
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
hu terms with multiple lemma etymologies terms with multiple morpheme etymologies
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm -oc -ock -oq -og -uc -uk -uck
enm -ek -ak -ke -k rare
Etymology
enm :inh ang:-oc
From enm ang -oc, ang -uc, from enm gmw-pro *-uk, from enm gem-pro *-ukaz. More at en -ock.
Suffix
enm suffix
suffix forming diminutives of nouns
Descendants
en -ock 1
sco -ock -ockie
yol -ok 1
References
-ok suf MED30484
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
nn -uku -oko -oke dialectal
Etymology
A contracted form of nn vòke -vòke, from nn non vaka wake, vigil (oblique case non vǫku). nn vake. Variously rebracketed as nn -sok in older glossaries.
Suffix
nn suffix m
Similar to en -mas.
Derived terms
nn barsok,bardsok botolvsok,bolsok,botsok hallvardsok,hallsok jakobsok jonsok larsok monsok olsok,olavsok persok,petersok rugsok syftesok,siktesok,siksok
References
nn noun-forming suffixes
Polish
Etymology
pl nominal :from pl:-ak<id:nominal> 1
Dialectal realization of pl -ak.
Pronunciation
Suffix
pl suffix m
forms masculine nouns, sometimes with a derogatory connotation
pl jabłko jabcok
Declension
Inanimate:
-oka
Animate:
Derived terms
pl
Further reading
Potawatomi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognate to oj -oog. pot
Suffix
pot suffix an
pot plural plural of
pot -jêk -wat<id:plural> -yêk -êk<id:plural>
Usage notes
Must be used with a noun ending in /k/
Derived terms
pot -ok (plural)
Etymology 2
Cognate to oj -ong. pot
Suffix
pot suffix an
pot locative locative of
pot -êk<id:locative>
Derived terms
pot -ok (locative)
See also
pot -on
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
Suffix appended to the present stem of verbs to form an adjective denoting a feature or a dimension.
sh dubiti dub to hollow + sh -ok → sh dubok deep
See also
sh -ak
sh -ek
Slovak
Etymology
sk :inh sla-pro:*-ъkъ<id:nominal> 1 1
Suffix
sk suffix m
used to form masculine nouns
Derived terms
sk
Yola
Alternative forms
yol -ock -uck -ick
Etymology
From yol enm -ok, enm -uk, from yol ang -oc, ang -uc diminutive suffix, from yol gmw-pro *-uk.
Suffix
yol suffix
suffix forming diminutives of nouns
Derived terms
yol