moka

See also: Moka, móka, mȭka, and mökä

English

Noun

moka (uncountable)

  1. A ritualized system of exchange in the Mount Hagen area of Papua New Guinea, involving reciprocal gifts of pigs that regulate social status.

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Finnish

Etymology

Back-formation from mokata.

Noun

moka

  1. (colloquial) blunder, gaffe, bad
    Sori, mun moka!
    Sorry, my bad!

Declension

Inflection of moka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative moka mokat
genitive mokan mokien
partitive mokaa mokia
illative mokaan mokiin
singular plural
nominative moka mokat
accusative nom. moka mokat
gen. mokan
genitive mokan mokien
mokainrare
partitive mokaa mokia
inessive mokassa mokissa
elative mokasta mokista
illative mokaan mokiin
adessive mokalla mokilla
ablative mokalta mokilta
allative mokalle mokille
essive mokana mokina
translative mokaksi mokiksi
instructive mokin
abessive mokatta mokitta
comitative mokineen

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔːka]
  • Rhymes: -ɔːka

Verb

moka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mokaði, supine mokað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to dig, to delve
    Synonym: grafa
  2. (transitive, with dative) to shovel
    Synonym: skófla

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic المُخَا (al-muḵā), a port on the Red Sea.

Noun

moka m or f (invariable)

  1. A type of coffee originally from Moka
  2. (chiefly uncapitalized) A polygonal, aluminium coffee maker

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǭka. Cognates include regional Serbo-Croatian мука/muka (meal), Slovak múka, Russian мука (muka). Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, to knead), German mengen (to mix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmòːka/
  • Tonal orthography: mọ́ka

Noun

móka f (genitive móke, uncountable)

  1. flour

Declension

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