Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• hoko (obsolete)

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

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