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yok

yok

See also: yök

English

Alternative forms

  • Yok

Noun

yok (plural yoks)

  1. (pejorative) A non-Jew; a Gentile.
    • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, page 162:
      I'd been warned about just such a day, when the yoks would come with their white-boned fists and start knocking us about.

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {yẹkʷ}
  • IPA phonemes: /jɘkʷ/
  • IPA articulation: [e̯e͡okʷ]

Noun

yok

  1. you (singular); thou.

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Mbula

Noun

yok

  1. water

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰖𐰸 (yok, no; is not, there is not), from Proto-Turkic *yōk, *jōk (no; is not, there is not).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jok/

Declension

or

Determiner

yok

  1. there isn't, there aren't (not a verb)
    Kitapta 150 sayfa yok.
    There aren't 150 pages in the book.
  2. it doesn't exist
    Pirinç var ? — Hayır, hiç yok.
    Is there any rice? — No, there isn't at all.
  3. Expressing possession, equivalent of not have.
    Teyzem veya dayım yok.
    I don't have an aunt nor an uncle. (lit. Neither my aunt nor my uncle are there.)
  4. prohibited, forbidden
    Sigara içmek yok!
    No smoking cigarettes! (lit. There is no smoking cigarettes!)

Particle

yok

  1. no, nope
    Beni anlıyor musun? — Yok.
    Do you understand me? — No.

Interjection

  1. no, nope

Synonyms

  • yasak (forbidden)
  • hayır (no as particle or interjection)

Antonyms

  • var (there is, there are, have)
  • ha, he (yes as particle or interjection)
  • evet (yes as particle or interjection)

Volapük

Noun

yok (plural yoks)

  1. yoke

Declension