jok

jok

1. yoke

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

From Dutch jokken. Possibly influenced or reinforced by English joke, but the meaning “to joke” also existed in early modern Dutch.

• IPA^(key): /jɔk/

jok (present jok, present participle jokkende, past participle gejok)

1. (intransitive) to fib, to tell (often irrelevant or inconsequential) lies

   Jy moenie jok vir jou ouers!

   You shouldn't fib to your parents!

2. (intransitive) to joke, to tell jokes

   Jy moenie jok hier, dis 'n serieuse sakedistrik.

   You shouldn't joke around here, this is a serious business district.

• IPA^(key): /jɔk/
• Hyphenation: jok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

From Middle Dutch joc. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

jok m (plural jokken, diminutive jokje n)

1. (uncountable, archaic) jest; frivolous, unserious intent or mood

   Synonyms: gekkigheid, scherts

2. (countable, archaic) joke, jest, prank

   Synonyms: grap, scherts

• jokken

jok n (plural jokken)

1. Alternative form of juk.

From Proto-Oceanic *toko.

• MED phonemes: {jekʷ}
• IPA^(key): /tʲɜkʷ/, [tʲɛ͡ɔkʷ]

jok

1. to land, to alight, to perch

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

jok

1. Alternative form of ȝok

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوق‎ (yok).

• IPA^(key): /jôk/

jȍk (Cyrillic spelling јо̏к)

1. (colloquial) no

• (no): ne