nok

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nok"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Nooksack.

Symbol

nok

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nooksack.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nooksack terms

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Alternative forms

• naak, nak

Verb

nok

1. alternative spelling of naak

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nok/

Noun

nok (Bengali script নোক)

1. house

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Chungli Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *nuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuk˩/, [nuk˩]

Noun

nok

1. dao (used like a machete)

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 83, 259, 301
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 109

Czech

Alternative forms

• nuk (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnok]

Noun

nok m inan

1. dumpling

   Synonyms: knedle, knedlík, knedlíček

Declension

Declension of nok (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	nok	noky
genitive	noku	noků
dative	noku	nokům
accusative	nok	noky
vocative	noku	noky
locative	noku	nocích
instrumental	nokem	noky

Further reading

• “nok”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nok”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʌɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From the noun Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“hook”), cognate with Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Old English hnocc (“hook, penis”). In the maritime meaning, it is in borrowed from Dutch nok or Low German Nock.

Noun

nok c (singular definite nokken, plural indefinite nokker)

1. (dialect) tap
2. (nautical) yardarm, peak
3. something curved', related to (a) key, protruding pin-/wedge-shaped part of an object, pin that engages in a corresponding hole, outer end of a spar, e.g. a boom on a ship, end of a quay/pier Den_Danske_Ordbog

Inflection

Declension of nok

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nok	nokken	nokker	nokkerne
genitive	noks	nokkens	nokkers	nokkernes

References

• “nok,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German nōch, from Old Saxon ginōg, cognate with Old Norse nógr, gnógr, English enough, German genug.

Determiner

nok (uninflected)

1. enough

Adverb

nok

1. enough
2. probably

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: nok
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nok
• → Icelandic: nokk
• → Faroese: nokk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: nokk; (dialectal) nøkk, nukk

References

• “nok,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

From Low German noch or German noch, from Middle Low German noch, from Old Saxon noh, from Proto-West Germanic *nuh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh (“now also, yet”), cognate with Dutch nog and Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷 (nauh).

Adverb

nok

1. yet

References

• “nok,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,6” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nocke, possibly ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“back of the neck”); the meanings "neck", "top", "hook" all merged into each other. Likely related to English nock and nook; see there for more, as well as Faroese nakkur (“steep promontory”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

nok f (plural nokken, diminutive nokje n)

1. ridge of a roof
2. cam

Derived terms

• nokvol
• nokvorst

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: nòk
• → Sranan Tongo: noko
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: noko
  • → Indonesian: nok

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “nok¹”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nok/

Noun

nok

1. house
2. classifier for families, households, for what is held in a house.

Derived terms

• nokchaka
• nokdang
• nokdonggaa
• noking
• nokkap
• nokpante

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *C-nok (“monkey”), from Pre-Hlai *C-nok (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /nok˥/

Noun

nok

1. monkey

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈnok/ [ˈnɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: nok

Noun

nok (plural nok-nok)

1. (architecture) ridge of a roof

   Synonyms: bubungan, rabung

Further reading

• “nok”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kusunda

Pronoun

nok

1. you (plural)

References

David E. Watters (2006), “Notes on Kusunda Grammar: A Language Isolate of Nepal”, in Himalayan Linguistics‎^[2], page 44

Lower Tanana

Root

nok

1. a granular object is in position

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	nok	nok	nok	nok

Derived terms

• ch'edenok (“pile of dirt in front of bear den”)
• ch'enok (“gravel bar”)
• ch'enok'et (“fine soil”)
• dathdenok (“granular object/powdery object is in position”)
• no-
• Nobogha (“northwest Alaska”)
• notu' (“salt”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 335

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian نخود (noxod).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːk/
• Rhymes: -oːkˤ

Noun

nok f (Arabic spelling نۆك)

1. chickpea

Declension

Declension of nok

definite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	nok	nok
construct	noka	nokên
oblique	nokê	nokan
demonstrative oblique	wê nokê	wan nokan
vocative	nokê	nokino
indefinite feminine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	nokek	nokin
construct	nokeke	nokine
oblique	nokekê	nokinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “nok”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[3], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 422

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German nôch. Compare with Old Norse nógr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔkː/

Adverb

nok

1. enough
2. surely, probably

Derived terms

• riktignok

References

• “nok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German noch. Doublet of nog, an adverb with an identic use, but now non-standard.

Adverb

nok

1. enough

   Du har ikkje nok pengar.

   You don't have enough money.

2. surely, probably

   Eg ser det nok.

   I'll surely see it.

References

• “nok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit नख (nakha).

Noun

nok

1. nail (on fingers/toes)

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ناک (nāk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔk/

Noun

nok (plural noklar)

1. pear

   Synonym: olmurut

Declension

Declension of nok

	singular	plural
nominative	nok	noklar
genitive	nokning	noklarning
dative	nokka	noklarga
definite accusative	nokni	noklarni
locative	nokda	noklarda
ablative	nokdan	noklardan
similative	nokdek	noklardek

Possessive forms of nok

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	nokim	noklarim
genitive	nokimning	noklarimning
dative	nokimga	noklarimga
definite accusative	nokimni	noklarimni
locative	nokimda	noklarimda
ablative	nokimdan	noklarimdan
similative	nokimdek	noklarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	noking	noklaring
genitive	nokingning	noklaringning
dative	nokingga	noklaringga
definite accusative	nokingni	noklaringni
locative	nokingda	noklaringda
ablative	nokingdan	noklaringdan
similative	nokingdek	noklaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	noki	noklari
genitive	nokining	noklarining
dative	nokiga	noklariga
definite accusative	nokini	noklarini
locative	nokida	noklarida
ablative	nokidan	noklaridan
similative	nokidek	noklaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	nokimiz	noklarimiz
genitive	nokimizning	noklarimizning
dative	nokimizga	noklarimizga
definite accusative	nokimizni	noklarimizni
locative	nokimizda	noklarimizda
ablative	nokimizdan	noklarimizdan
similative	nokimizdek	noklarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	nokingiz	noklaringiz
genitive	nokingizning	noklaringizning
dative	nokingizga	noklaringizga
definite accusative	nokingizni	noklaringizni
locative	nokingizda	noklaringizda
ablative	nokingizdan	noklaringizdan
similative	nokingizdek	noklaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	noki	noklari
genitive	nokining	noklarining
dative	nokiga	noklariga
definite accusative	nokini	noklarini
locative	nokida	noklarida
ablative	nokidan	noklaridan
similative	nokidek	noklaridek