okke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse okkr, accusative and dative of the first-person dual pronoun vit.

Alternative forms

• aako, kan, kon, okko, okkon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔk.kə/

Pronoun

okke

1. (dialectal) objective case of me: us
   • 1947, Engvald Bakkan, Krossen er din, Oslo: Gyldendal, page 122:

     Så me fær samla okke noke te i morgo.

     So we'll have to gather us something for tomorrow.

Usage notes

• This word is considered dialectal. Standard Norwegian Nynorsk uses the possessive determiner oss instead. Most dialects use that, or at least some other variant thereof.
• Dialects which use this as their first-person objective case personal pronoun, usually also have okka (or a variant thereof), as the respective possessive determiner or pronoun.

Etymology 2

H-dropping of hokke. From Old Norse hvatki. Compare with korkje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɔk.kə/

Determiner

okke

1. (dialectal) neuter singular of okken (“which”)

Conjunction

okke

1. (dialectal) neither
   • 1912, Adolf Skramstad, Sambygdinger, Kristiania: Norli, page 32:

     før hæin estimerde itte okke folk hell fæ hæin Søren da

     cuz Søren didn't regard neither man nor beast

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic, if not from the interjection okk.

Alternative forms

• okka (a-infinitive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɔk.kə/

Verb

okke (present tense okkar, past tense okka, past participle okka, passive infinitive okkast, present participle okkande, imperative okke/okk)

1. (reflexive) to complain, to gruntle, to whine

   Synonym: akke

References

• “okke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “okke”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

• ekko, koke