jok
Afrikaans
/jɔk/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to fib, to tell (often irrelevant or inconsequential) lies
- (intransitive) to joke, to tell jokes
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish jokken derived from English joke.
Origin
English
joke
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antijoke English
- joke English
- jokee English
- jokefest English
- jokefic English
- jokeful English
- jokeless English
- jokelike English
- jokely English
- joker English
- jokesmith English
- jokesome English
- jokest English
- jokester English
- jokette English
- jokish English
- joky English
- metajoke English
- nonjoke English
- outjoke English
- iocus Latin
- jokkebrok Dutch, Flemish
- jokken Dutch, Flemish
- ジョーク Japanese
- joke Danish
- djók Icelandic
- djóka Icelandic
- jôc Welsh
- jocken Middle Dutch