different between joke vs shaka

English

Etymology

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jouer, Italian giocare, Portuguese jogar, Spanish juego and jugar, and Romanian juca.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?o?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

joke (plural jokes)

1. An amusing story.
   • 1708, John Gay, Wine

     Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.

2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

   It was a joke!
3. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
4. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.

   Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.

   The president was a joke.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "joke": old, bad, inside, poor, silly, funny, lame, hilarious, stupid, offensive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:joke

Coordinate terms

• comedy
• limerick
• parody
• pun

Derived terms

Related terms

• jocular

Descendants

• ? Danish: joke
• ? French: joke
• ? Persian: ????
• ? Japanese: ????, ? Japanese: ??
• ? Welsh: jôc

Translations

Verb

joke (third-person singular simple present jokes, present participle joking, simple past and past participle joked)

1. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

   I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.

2. (intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.

   Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.

3. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

   to joke a comrade

Related terms

• joker

Translations

See also

• jeer
• mock

Anagrams

• ojek

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English joke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?j?w??]

Noun

joke c (singular definite joken, plural indefinite jokes)

1. joke

Inflection

Synonyms

• spøg
• vits
• vittighed

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English joke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?j?w???], (imperative) IPA^(key): [?d?j?w???]

Verb

joke (past tense jokede, past participle joket)

1. joke

Inflection

Synonyms

• spøge

French

Etymology

From English joke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ok/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /d?o?k/

Noun

joke f (plural jokes)

1. (Louisiana, Quebec) joke

Derived terms

• faire une joke

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Shaka is not a word in the Hawaiian language, which lacks the /?/ sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?

Noun

shaka (plural shakas)

1. A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist. Used to express a variety of positive meanings including "all right", "hello" and "goodbye".
   • 2008, December 27, photo caption, Reuters:

     US President-elect Obama flashes the 'shaka' before he greets a crowd […]

Usage notes

• Associated with Hawaii and with sports such as surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and skydiving.

Synonyms

• hang-loose sign

See also

• Shaka sign on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Khasa, Sakha, hakas, kasha

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (?aka, “joke”). Compare Turkish ?aka.

Noun

shaka f (indefinite plural shaka, definite singular shakaja, definite plural shakatë)

1. joke, prank

   Synonyms: hokë, tallje, shpoti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ka/
• Homophones: shakas, shakât

Verb

shaka

1. third-person singular past historic of shaker

Ladino

Etymology

From Turkish ?aka (“joke”).

Noun

shaka f (Latin spelling)

1. joke (thing said to amuse)

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-sh?ka (infinitive gush?ka, perfective -sh?tse)

1. want
2. look for, seek

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (šakk).

Pronunciation

Noun

shaka (n class, plural shaka) or shaka (ma class, plural mashaka)

1. doubt
2. worry
3. (computing) error

Related terms

• -shuku

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from English shark.

Noun

shaka^? 1a (plural boshaka 2a)

1. shark

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.