English

Noun

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.

Latvian

Sloka

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [slùoka]

Noun

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

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sloka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslòːka/, /ˈslóːka/
• Tonal orthography: slọ́ka, slọ̑ka

Noun

slóka f ‎(genitive slóke, nominative plural slóke)

1. snipe

Declension