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roka

Pronunciation: [ɾùoka]

“roka” is a Latvian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. hand, arm (each of the upper limbs of the human body, from shoulder to palm)
  2. hand ..., manual (to be used with one's hands, arms; to be done, carried out with one's hands, arms)
  3. sleeve (part of a garment that covers one's arms)
  4. arm (a long, mobile mechanical device or part of a mechanical device; a handle)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wrenk-, *wronk-, derived from the zero grade of the root *wer- (“to turn, to bend”). The original meaning was therefore “bent, bending (organ, limb)”.

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