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Moka
moka
moka
English
Noun
moka (uncountable)
- A ritualized system of exchange in the Mount Hagen area of Papua New Guinea, involving reciprocal gifts of pigs that regulate social status.
Finnish
Noun
moka
Declension
| Inflection of moka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | moka | mokat | |
| genitive | mokan | mokien | |
| partitive | mokaa | mokia | |
| illative | mokaan | mokiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | moka | mokat | |
| accusative | nom. | moka | mokat |
| gen. | mokan | ||
| genitive | mokan | mokien mokainrare |
|
| partitive | mokaa | mokia | |
| inessive | mokassa | mokissa | |
| elative | mokasta | mokista | |
| illative | mokaan | mokiin | |
| adessive | mokalla | mokilla | |
| ablative | mokalta | mokilta | |
| allative | mokalle | mokille | |
| essive | mokana | mokina | |
| translative | mokaksi | mokiksi | |
| instructive | — | mokin | |
| abessive | mokatta | mokitta | |
| comitative | — | mokineen | |
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Italian
Etymology
From Arabic المُخَا (al-muḵā), a port on the Red Sea.
Noun
moka m, f (invariable)
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mǫka. Cognates include regional Serbo-Croatian мука/muka (“meal”), Slovak múka, Russian мука (muka). Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), German mengen (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmòːka/
- Tonal orthography: mọ́ka
Noun
móka f (genitive móke, uncountable)