oke

See also: oké, ōke, ōkē, øke, and ô kê

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Okpe.

Symbol

oke

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Okpe (Southwestern Edo).

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Okpe (Southwestern Edo) terms

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊk
• Homophone: oak

Etymology 1

Verb

oke

1. (obsolete) simple past of ache
2. (obsolete) simple past of ake

Etymology 2

See oka

Noun

oke (plural okes)

1. (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...

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)

1. (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)

1. Obsolete spelling of oak.

See also

• aso oke (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• EKO, Keo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːˈkeː/

Interjection

oke

1. alternative spelling of oké

Esperanto

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←  7	8	9  →
Cardinal: ok     Ordinal: oka     Adverbial: oke     Multiplier: okobla, okopa     Fractional: okona, okono

Etymology

ok +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoke/

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• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: o‧ke

Adverb

oke

1. eighthly

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

• IPA^(key): /óké/

Noun

óké

1. male, man

Derived terms

Terms derived from óké

• nwókē (“man, male”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /óké/

Noun

óké

1. big size.

Etymology 3

From kè (“divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ókè/

Noun

óke

1. boundary, demarcation.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /òké/

Noun

oké

1. rat (animal)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /òkè/

Noun

oke

1. portion, share, division, part.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English OK.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔke/
• Hyphenation: oké

Interjection

oké

1. (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknowledgement)

   Synonyms: baik, sip

Verb

oké

1. (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknoledgement)

   Synonyms: haah, hooh, iya, ya

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

oke

1. dated spelling of ụkị

Japanese

Romanization

oke

1. Rōmaji transcription of おけ

Middle English

Noun

oke

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of ok (“oak”)

Mikasuki

Noun

oke

1. water

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oke (Cyrillic spelling оке)

1. inflection of oka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Ternate

Verb

oke

1. drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of oke

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tooke	fooke	mioke
2nd person		nooke	nioke
3rd person	masculine	ooke	ioke yooke (archaic)
	feminine	mooke
	neuter	ioke

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• وْكعِ

Etymology

Compare Edo òké (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.kè/

Noun

òkè

1. mountain, hill

   Synonym: òkìtì

   mo gun òkè náà dé orí ― I climbed the mountain to the top

2. north

   Synonyms: àríwá, àwúsí

   Antonyms: odò, gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀

3. topmost, top
4. interior, uplands beyond Yorubaland
5. high

Derived terms

• aṣọ òkè (“type of Yoruba clothing”)
• lókè (“high”)
• ohùn òkè (“high tone”)
• sókè (“up”)
• Òkè
• òkè atẹ́júpẹrẹsẹ (“plateau”)
• Òkè Ọya (“Northern Nigeria”)
• Òkè Ọ̀dàn (“a town in Yorubaland”)
• òkè ìdí (“waist”)
• Òkè-Ògùn (“A Yoruba subethnic group and region”)