German

Noun

Koks n ‎(genitive Kokses, no plural)

1. coke
2. (informal, slang) cocaine
   • Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da. - Mother, the man with the coke is here. (pop song by Falco plays with the double meaning)

Czech

Noun

koks m

1. coke (solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven)
2. (informal, slang) cocaine

Declension

Related terms

• koksování n
• koksovatelný
• koksovací
• koksovna f
• koksárenský

References

1. ↑ koks in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Danish

Noun

koks c

1. genitive singular indefinite of kok

Icelandic

Noun

koks n

1. coke

Latvian

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Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kuok-, from Proto-Indo-European *kowk-, *kewk-, *kūk-, from the stem *kew- ‎(“to bend, to be bent”). Meaning at first “bent wood, branch, stick,” it soon became “wood, tree.” It competed with mežs (< *medis), the original term for “wood, tree,” which soon acquired the meaning of “forest.” The original “branch, stick” meaning of koks can still be occasionally found (see below). Cognates include Lithuanian kúoka ‎(“stick with thick end, pounder, pestle”), kúokas ‎(“stick with thick end; thick end of a stick; tuber; mace, club”), ****à ‎(“stick”), Bulgarian кука ‎(kuka, “spike, peg, wedge, hook, handle”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kùoks]

Noun

koks m (1st declension)

1. tree (perennial plant with woody stem or trunk, foliage, and roots)

   augļu koki‎ ― fruit trees

   koku lapotne‎ ― tree foliage

   koku puduris‎ ― clump of trees

   jauktu koku mežs‎ ― mixed tree forest

   koki šalc vējā‎ ― the trees rustle in the wind

   nokaltis koks‎ ― withered tree

   kails koks‎ ― naked, bald (= leafless) tree

   zaļš koks‎ ― green tree (i.e., with leaves)

   apsūnojis koks‎ ― mossy tree

   simtgadīgs koks‎ ― centenarian tree

   lapu koks‎ ― deciduous (lit. leaf) tree

   skuju koks‎ ― connifer (lit. needle 'tree)

   zāģēt, cirst kokus‎ ― to saw, to axe trees

   koku tārpi‎ ― tree worms

   viens kā koks‎ ― alone as a tree (= very lonely)

2. timber (felled trees seen as a substance)

   Intas tēvs jau toreiz strādāja uz upes pie koku pludināšanas‎ ― Inta's father at that time already worked at timber floating (log driving) on the river

   kalējs sāka vest kokus smēdei‎ ― the blacksmith began to bring timber, wood to the forge

   koku dārzs‎ ― timber corral (an enclosure for floating timber on a watercourse)

3. logs, boards, planks

   grāvis uzplūdis, tiltiņam divi koki iznesti‎ ― the ditch flooded, two logs (were) taken to the little bridge

4. wood (timber seen as material for making things)

   koka ēka‎ ― wooden building

   koka karote‎ ― wooden spoon

   koka tupeles‎ ― wooden shoes

   koka rotaļlietas‎ ― wooden toys

   vecmodīga koka gulta‎ ― old-fashioned wooden bed

5. club, stick, rod (e.g., for hitting)

   skatos pēc kāda koka; kreisā roka man brīva, varētu šakāļus aizdzīt‎ ― I look at some stick: (my) left arm is free, I could drive the shackals away

   viņš saņēmis par to kokus‎ ― for this reason he took the sticks (= he was given corporal physical punishment)

Declension

Derived terms

• augļu koks
• citronkoks

References

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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koks]

Adjective

kóks m ‎(feminine kokià)

1. what, which; what kind

Declension

Pronoun

kóks

1. what, which

Declension

See also

• joks
• toks

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔks/

Noun

koks m inan

1. coke (solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven)
2. (colloquial, sports) doping, especially anabolic steroids
3. (slang) powder cocaine

Declension

Synonyms

• (cocaine): koka

Noun

koks m anim

1. (slang, derogatory) a bodybuilder, especially one that uses steroids

Declension

Synonyms

• paker, koksiarz