soke

See also: söke, søke, sōke, ŝoke, and šokę

English

Alternative forms

• soc, sock

Etymology

From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”).

Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /soʊk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /səʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk
• Homophone: soak

Noun

soke (plural sokes)

1. (England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
2. (England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction.

Derived terms

• sake and soke
• Soke of Peterborough

Related terms

• socage
• sokeland
• sokeman
• soken

Anagrams

• EKOs, Keos, okes, skeo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁄𑀓𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• सोके (Devanagari script)
• সোকে (Bengali script)
• සොකෙ (Sinhalese script)
• သောကေ or သေႃၵေ (Burmese script)
• โสเก (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩣᨠᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂສເກ (Lao script)
• សោកេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄮𑄇𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

soke

1. inflection of soka (“sorrow”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• سوْكعِ

Etymology

From sí (“to”) ‎ òkè (“top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /só.kè/

Adverb

sókè

1. up

Preposition

sókè

1. up

Derived terms

• jẹun sókè (“to move on”)
• sọ̀rọ̀ sókè (“speak up”)