# oke
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -əʊk

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

oke
* (obsolete) simple past of ache
* (obsolete) simple past of ake

### 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 19$^4$⁄$_5$ 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)
* (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)
* Obsolete spelling of oak.

### See also

* aso oke (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* EKO, Keo

## Dutch
### Etymology

From English OK.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔˈkeː/

### Interjection

oke
* OK, okay

#### Synonyms

* oké

## Esperanto
### Etymology

ok +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

oke
* eighthly

## Igbo
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /óké/

#### Noun

óké
* male, man

##### Derived terms

* nwókē (“man, male”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /óké/

#### Noun

óké
* big size.

### Etymology 3

From kè (“divide”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ókè/

#### Noun

óke
* boundary, demarcation.

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /òké/

#### Noun

oké
* rat (animal)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /òkè/

#### Noun

oke
* portion, share, division, part.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English OK.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔke/
* Hyphenation: oké

### Interjection

oké
* (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknowledgement)
    Synonyms: baik, sip

### Verb

oké
* (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknoledgement)
    Synonyms: iya, ya, hooh

#### Alternative forms

* okeh
* woke
* ngokhey
* ngghokey
* oghey
* owghey
* yongkray
* yongkru

### 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 of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

oke
* Rōmaji transcription of おけ

## Mikasuki
### Noun

oke
* water

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

oke
* inflection of oka:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Ternate
### Verb

oke
* drink

#### 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: /ò.kè/

### Noun

òkè
* mountain, hill
    Synonym: òkìtì
    mo gun òkè náà dé orí ― I climbed the mountain to the top
* north
    Synonyms: àríwá, àwúsí
    Antonyms: odò, gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀
* topmost, top
* interior, uplands beyond Yorubaland
* 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”)