sloka

sloka (plural slokas)

1. Alternative form of shloka
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 268:

     But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.

• Lasko, kolas, skoal

From Proto-Baltic *slankā-, formed by vowel gradation from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- “to cut, to twist, to wind, to meander; to crawl, to creep”. The original meaning was probably “crawler, creeper,” because of this bird's terrestrial habits and low flight. Cognates include Lithuanian slánka, slankà, slãnkė, Old Prussian slanke “large woodcock,” Russian слука (slúka), Ukrainian слуква (slúkva), Czech sluka, Polish słąka, śląka.[1]

• IPA^(key): [slùoka]

sloka f (4th declension)

1. woodcock (several bird species of the genus Scolopax, especially Scolopax rusticola)

   sloku riesta lidojums ― woodcock mating flight

   sloka dzīvo mitrākos lapu koku un jauktos mežos ― the woodcock lives in humid deciduous or mixed forests

   naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus ― at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies

• IPA^(key): /slòːka/, /slóːka/

slọ̄ka f

1. snipe