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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
ok
( informal ) Alternative letter-case form of OK
Anagrams
Bimin
Pronunciation
Noun
ok
water
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
ok
genitive plural of oko
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse haukr , from Proto-Germanic *habukaz , Cognate with Swedish hök .
Noun
ok m
hawk
Declension
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Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin octo .
Pronunciation
Numeral
ok
eight (8 )
Derived terms
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse ok , from Proto-Germanic *juką , from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm .
Pronunciation
Noun
ok n (genitive singular oks , plural ok )
yoke
Declension
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
ok
( anatomy ) belly , stomach
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German and Old Saxon ōk , like German auch .
Adverb
ok
also ; and also
Hungarian
Etymology
From the obsolete dialectal okik ( “ to learn a lesson, to be edified ” ) , itself from a Turkic language. Compare Kyrgyz угуу ( uguu , “ to hear, to understand ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ok (plural okok )
cause
Holonyms: okság , ok-okozati viszony
Coordinate terms: következmény , okozat
reason , motive
Synonym: indok
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Further reading
ok in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh . A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ok , from Proto-Germanic *juką , from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm .
Pronunciation
Noun
ok n (genitive singular oks , nominative plural ok )
yoke
Declension
Synonyms
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto ok , from Latin octo , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw .
Numeral
ok
eight (8)
Iwam
Pronunciation
Noun
ok
water
Synonyms
Further reading
Karaim
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ok .
Noun
ok
arrow
References
N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973 ), “ok ”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary ], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Lacandon
Noun
ok
foot
Mandobo Atas
Noun
ok
water
Mandobo Bawah
Pronunciation
Noun
ok
water
References
Marshallese
Pronunciation
Noun
ok
fish net .
netting .
screen ; sieve .
References
Mohawk
Particle
ok
and ...
References
Gunther Michelson (1973 ) A thousand words of Mohawk , University of Ottawa Press, page 83
Ninggerum
Noun
ok
water
Further reading
North Muyu
Noun
ok f
water ( in a well )
Noun
ok m
water ( drawn, e.g. out of well )
sap (in fruits )
Further reading
Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)
Jan Honoré Maria Cornelis Boelaars, The Linguistic Position of South-Western New Guinea (III), chapter XII, Kati language
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ók .
Pronunciation
Verb
ok
past tense of ake
Etymology 2
Noun
ok n (plural oket )
( pre-1938 ) alternative form of åk
Anagrams
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From earlier auk , from Proto-Germanic *auk ( “ also ” ) . Cognate with Old English ēac , Old Frisian āk , Old Saxon ōk , Old High German ouh , Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 ( auk ) .
Conjunction
ok (runic script ᚢᚴ )
and
Descendants
Adverb
ok
also , too
Descendants
Icelandic: og
Norwegian Nynorsk: òg
Norwegian Bokmål: òg
Swedish: ock
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *juką , from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm .
Noun
ok n (genitive oks , plural ok )
yoke
Declension
Declension of ok (strong a -stem)
Related terms
eykr m ( “ draft animal ” )
eyki n ( “ vehicle, cart ” )
oka ( “ to yoke ” )
Descendants
Icelandic: ok
Faroese: ok
Norwegian: åk
Old Swedish: uk , ok
Danish: åg
Elfdalian: uok
Gutnish: uk
References
“ok2 ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
References
“ok ”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910 ) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *auk .
Adverb
ōk
also , too
Descendants
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ok .
Conjunction
ok (runic script ᚢᚴ )
and
Adverb
ok
also , too
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ok .
Alternative forms
Noun
ok n
yoke
Declension
Declension of ok (strong a -stem)
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɔk/
Rhymes: -ɔk
Syllabification: ok
Noun
ok n
genitive plural of oko ( some meanings )
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interjection
ok
Alternative letter-case form of OK
Noun
ok m (plural oks )
Alternative letter-case form of OK
South Muyu
Noun
ok
water
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ok , from Proto-Germanic *juką , from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm . Doublet of zygot .
Noun
ok n
yoke ; a wooden bar used to connect two oxen by their shoulders
yoke; a wooden bar to be placed over one's shoulders, and used to carry buckets
heavy burden
yoke; the part of a shirt draped over the wearer's shoulders
Declension
Declension of ok
Singular
Plural
Indefinite
Definite
Indefinite
Definite
Nominative
ok
oket
ok
oken
Genitive
oks
okets
oks
okens
Related terms
Etymology 2
Conjunction
ok
Alternative form of och
Adverb
ok
Alternative form of ock
See also
References
Anagrams
Tocharian B
Numeral
ok
Alternative form of okt ( “ eight ” )
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اوق , from Proto-Turkic *ok ( “ arrow ” ) . Compare Old Turkic 𐰸 ( ok , “ arrow ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ok (definite accusative oku , plural oklar )
arrow
Derived terms
References
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ok
only , to
Volapük
Pronoun
ok
oneself
Declension
Wambon
Noun
ok
water
Further reading
Wastek
Noun
ok
heat
References
Yessan-Mayo
Alternative forms
Noun
ok m
water
References
Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN
transnewguinea.org , citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 (as okw )
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʔoːkᴰ ( “ to exit ” ) . Cognate with Thai ออก ( ɔ̀ɔk ) , Northern Thai ᩋᩬᨠ , Lao ອອກ ( ʼǭk ) , Lü ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ( ˙ʼoak¹ ) , Shan ဢွၵ်ႇ ( ʼàuk ) , Ahom 𑜒𑜨𑜀𑜫 ( ʼok ) . Perhaps related to Chinese 屙 (ē ).
Pronunciation
Verb
ok (Sawndip forms 𭃀 or ⿰出悪 or 𫫇 or 恶 or 𫫇 or 𫥫 or 屋 or 跒 or ⿰出屋 or 喔 or 𡁮 or 沃 , 1957–1982 spelling ok )
to exit
ok ranzto leave the house
to provide ; to give
to excrete
to produce ; to make
to sprout ; to put forth ; to bud
to occur ; to happen ; to come up
to exceed ; to go over
to present ; to put forth; to raise ; to pose
to issue ; to release
to publish