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Soko
So′ko
,Noun.
(Zool.)
An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.
Definition 2024
soko
soko
English
Noun
soko (plural sokos)
- (dated) An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.
- 1918, Royal Dixon, The Human Side of Animals (page 232)
- Old hunters and travellers say that they would rather steal the child of a native savage than to take one of the sokos.
- 1918, Royal Dixon, The Human Side of Animals (page 232)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Croatia) sȍkol
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sokolъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sôko/
- Hyphenation: so‧ko
Noun
sȍko m (Cyrillic spelling со̏ко)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) falcon
- 1814, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Mala prostonarodna slaveno-serbska pjesnarica:
- Soko leti preko Sarajeva,
Traži lada gdi će ladovati.- A falcon flies over Sarajevo;
It seeks shade where it will stay shaded.
- A falcon flies over Sarajevo;
- Soko leti preko Sarajeva,
- 1814, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Mala prostonarodna slaveno-serbska pjesnarica:
Declension
Declension of soko