oke
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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊk
Etymology 1
Verb
oke
Etymology 2
See oka
Noun
oke (plural okes)
- (historical units of measurement) Alternative form of oka.
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo":
- At Constantinople, the cantaro, or quintal, contains 44 okes, or 100 rottoli; and the cantaro weighs about 123¾ lbs. avoirdupois, the oke 2lbs. 13 oz., and the rottolo 194⁄5 oz., and the chequee 11¼ oz. avoirdupois... At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois...
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo":
References
- “oke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 3
Shortened borrowing from Afrikaans outjie.
Noun
oke (plural okes)
- (South Africa, slang) Man; guy; bloke.
- 1998, Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book, page 106:
- An oke meets up with his ex-wife at a party. After a few dops, he puts his arm around her and suggests they go to bed. 'Over my dead body,' she snarls at him. He downs his drink and says, 'I see you haven't changed.'
- 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex:
- I had initiated an African ritual by giving the pipe to him. And you can never stay befuck with an oke you smoke nchangu with.
- 2009, Kevin Richardson, Part of the Pride: My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa, published 2016, page 39:
- When that oke talked, I listened.
Etymology 4
From Middle English oke.
Noun
oke (plural okes)
See also
- aso oke (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
oke
Synonyms
Esperanto
| ← 7 | 8 | 9 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ok Ordinal: oka Adverbial: oke Multiplier: okobla, okopa Fractional: okona, okono | ||
Etymology
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Adverb
oke
Igbo
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
óké
Derived terms
Terms derived from óké
- nwókē (“man, male”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
óké
- big size.
Etymology 3
From kè (“divide”).
Pronunciation
Noun
óke
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
oké
- rat (animal)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
oke
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
oké
- (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknowledgement)
Verb
oké
- (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknoledgement)
Further reading
- “oke” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
oke
Mikasuki
Noun
oke
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
oke
- inflection of oka:
Ternate
Verb
oke
Conjugation
| Conjugation of oke | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | tooke | fooke | mioke | |
| 2nd | nooke | nioke | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | ooke | ioke, yooke† | |
| Feminine | mooke | |||
| Neuter | ioke | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
òkè
- mountain, hill
- Synonym: òkìtì
- mo gun òkè náà dé orí ― I climbed the mountain to the top
- north
- topmost, top
- interior, uplands beyond Yorubaland
- high