oke
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#OKE OkpeCategory:Translingual abbreviations#OKE.
Symbol
okeCategory:Translingual lemmas#OKECategory:Translingual symbols#OKECategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#OKECategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
See also
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
okeCategory:English non-lemma forms#OKECategory:English verb forms#OKECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Etymology 2
See oka
Noun
oke (plural okes)Category:English lemmas#OKECategory:English nouns#OKECategory:English countable nouns#OKECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#OKE 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 AfrikaansCategory:English terms borrowed from Afrikaans#OKECategory:English terms derived from Afrikaans#OKE outjie.
Noun
oke (plural okes)Category:English lemmas#OKECategory:English nouns#OKECategory:English countable nouns#OKECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- (South AfricaCategory:South African English#OKE, slangCategory:English slang#OKE) 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.'Category:English terms with quotations#OKE
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#OKE
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#OKE
Etymology 4
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#OKECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#OKE oke.
Noun
oke (plural okes)Category:English lemmas#OKECategory:English nouns#OKECategory:English countable nouns#OKECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- Obsolete spelling of oakCategory:English obsolete forms#OKE.
See also
- aso oke (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Interjection
okeCategory:Dutch lemmas#OKECategory:Dutch interjections#OKECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- alternative spelling of oké
Esperanto
| ← 7 | 8 | 9 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ok Ordinal: oka Adverbial: oke Multiplier: okobla, okopa Fractional: okona, okono | ||
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
okeCategory:Esperanto lemmas#OKECategory:Esperanto adverbs#OKECategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Further reading
- “oke”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “oke”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Igbo
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
ókéCategory:Igbo lemmas#OKECategory:Igbo nouns#OKECategory:Igbo entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Derived terms
- nwókē (“man, male”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ókéCategory:Igbo lemmas#OKECategory:Igbo nouns#OKECategory:Igbo entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- big size.
Etymology 3
From kè (“divide”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ókeCategory:Igbo lemmas#OKECategory:Igbo nouns#OKECategory:Igbo entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
okéCategory:Igbo lemmas#OKECategory:Igbo nouns#OKECategory:Igbo entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- rat (animal)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
okeCategory:Igbo lemmas#OKECategory:Igbo nouns#OKECategory:Igbo entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Indonesian
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#OKE OK.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔke/Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#OKE
- Hyphenation: oké
Interjection
okéCategory:Indonesian lemmas#OKECategory:Indonesian interjections#OKECategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- (colloquialCategory:Indonesian colloquialisms#OKE) OK (acceptance, acknowledgement)
Verb
okéCategory:Indonesian lemmas#OKECategory:Indonesian verbs#OKECategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- (colloquialCategory:Indonesian colloquialisms#OKE) OK (acceptance, acknoledgement)
Alternative forms
- okeh
- ogheu
- owghey
- ngokhey
- ngghokey
- woke
- wokek
- yongkray
- yongkru
Further reading
- “oke”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Isoko
Noun
okeCategory:Isoko lemmas#OKECategory:Isoko nouns#OKECategory:Isoko entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- dated spelling of ụkịCategory:Isoko dated forms#OKE
Japanese
Romanization
okeCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#OKECategory:Japanese romanizations#OKECategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#OKECategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Middle English
Noun
okeCategory:Middle English alternative forms#OKECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- (Late Middle EnglishCategory:Late Middle English#OKE) alternative form of ok (“oak”)
Mikasuki
Noun
okeCategory:Mikasuki lemmas#OKECategory:Mikasuki nouns#OKECategory:Mikasuki entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
oke (Cyrillic spelling оке)Category:Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms#OKECategory:Serbo-Croatian noun forms#OKECategory:Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries#OKECategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- inflection of oka:
Ternate
Verb
okeCategory:Ternate lemmas#OKECategory:Ternate verbs#OKECategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
òkèCategory:Yoruba lemmas#OKECategory:Yoruba nouns#OKECategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#OKECategory:Pages with entries#OKECategory:Pages with 13 entries#OKE
- mountain, hill
- Synonym: òkìtì
- mo gun òkè náà dé orí ― I climbed the mountain to the topCategory:Yoruba terms with usage examples#OKE
- north
- topmost, top
- interior, uplands beyond Yorubaland
- high