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kok (2)
a word from vocabulary
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Michaelis
with
Marcel Rosalie
and
Katrin Muhme
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Word form
kok (2)
LWT meaning(s)
the penis
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
18th or 19th century [7] (1720–1900)
Register
Colloquial
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
3. perhaps borrowed
Comments
possibly the same word as kok ‘rooster’, only the meaning being influenced by English cock ‘penis’
Source words
coq
'cock, rooster'
French
cock
'cock (a faucet or valve by which the flow of a liquid or gas can be regulated)'
English
Effect
Coexistence
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
English influence [7]
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