joko

See also: Joko, jōko, jōkō, and Jōkō

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoko/, [ˈjo̞ko̞]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Syllabification^(key): jo‧ko

Etymology 1

From jo (“already”).

Adverb

joko

1. form of jo (with enclitic -ko)

   Joko olemme siellä?

   Are we there yet?

Etymology 2

From jo- +‎ -ko.

Adverb

joko

1. (joko ... tai) either ... or

   Joko minä tai sinä.

   Either me or you.

Further reading

• “joko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English joke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒoko/, /ˈd͡ʒoko/

Noun

joko (plural joki)

1. 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

1. Nonstandard spelling of jaka.

Latvian

Verb

joko

1. inflection of jokot:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of jokot
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of jokot

Rayón Zoque

Noun

joko

1. 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)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 10

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• zókòó (Ào)
• jókòó

Etymology

Possibly from jó +‎ òkó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒò.kó/

Verb

jòkó

1. (Ekiti) Alternative form of jókòó (“to sit (down)”)

Verb

jokò

1. (Owe) Alternative form of jókòó (“to sit (down)”)

Derived terms

• ìjòkó