woko

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔkɔ/

Noun

woko n (dual wócy, plural in literal meaning wócy, plural in figurative meanings woka, diminutive wócko)

  1. (literally) eye (light-sensitive organ)
  2. (figuratively) any of a number of eye-shaped things:
    1. drop of grease
    2. loop (in ribbon, rope, etc.)
    3. eye (of a needle)
    4. link (of a chain)
    5. dot (on dice)
    6. small bud (on a plant)

Declension

Literal meaning
Figurative meanings
  • Alternative dative singular (both literal and transferred): woku

Derived terms

  • wóckowaś
  • wóckowy
  • wócny
  • wócycko
  • wócywidny
  • wokaty
  • wokawka
  • wokognuśe
  • wokomyknjenje

References

  • woko in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

Noun

woko n

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

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