Noun

okro (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#OKROCategory:English nouns#OKROCategory:English uncountable nouns#OKROCategory:English uncountable nouns#OKROCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OKROCategory:Pages with entries#OKROCategory:Pages with 3 entries#OKRO

1. Obsolete spelling of okraCategory:English obsolete forms#OKRO.
   • 1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 213:

     Ojinika seemed to have forgotten all about her and was engrossed in arranging her okro in little lots on the mat.

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Anagrams

• Koro, Kroo, Orok, koro, kroo, roko, rook

Noun

okro (plural okro dem, quantified okro)Category:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English lemmas#OKROCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English nouns#OKROCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English entries with incorrect language header#OKROCategory:Pages with entries#OKROCategory:Pages with 3 entries#OKRO

1. okra

Etymology

Perhaps from EnglishCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from English#OKRO ochroe (alternative form of okra in the Caribbean).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.kro/Category:Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation#OKRO

Noun

okroCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#OKROCategory:Sranan Tongo nouns#OKROCategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#OKROCategory:Pages with entries#OKROCategory:Pages with 3 entries#OKRO

1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
   • 2002, “A dei di mi bron misrefi”, in SIL - Languages of Suriname‎:

     A ben de so taki wan dei mi mama ben bori okro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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References

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “okro”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary