# oki
## English
### Interjection

oki
* (colloquial) Alternative form of OK.
** 2014, Hannah Tronnes, “Krishna’s birthday”, in No-Shukriya (There's No Need to Say Thank You), Partridge India, →ISBN:Udit: […] U can go if u want. We can do something on Sat. As long as I don’t destroy my self on Fri night. Me: Oki, good to know! Saturday it is! (If we aren’t destroyed=)
** 2016 May 6, Charles Still Waters, chapter 23, in Two-Fingers and the White Guy: The Search Continues, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:The buffalo hides were then placed over the entire structure and, after several hours of work, Billy said, “Oki, looking good. Now I need you to gather up a bunch of rocks about the size of my head.”
** 2020, Sammy Jo Pendergrast, “Unexpected Visitor”, in Bluestar, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 51:“You aren’t going to follow me, oki?” / “I won’t if you don’t follow me and try to steal my watch again,” Jase retorted holding out his hand to shake. / Tahmela shook it, his thin lips parting into a smirk. “Oki for now.”
** 2021, Sergey Zhuravlev, “A worthless thing is something that a person does, guided only by his own benefit”, in Kneading on Love (The Golden Billion; 1), Sunray, →ISBN:Clean the apartment? Yes, no question! Show me where to go, Uncle. Just promise me, don't touch me! Oki?
** 2022, Anastasiia Deniz Mitchell, “19 December 2017”, in Don’t Fall in Love with an Aquarius: Don’t Trust a Libra, volume 1, Litres, →ISBN:Emre: […] So what’s the genre of the book? I mean, fantasy? Crime? Horror? / Me: Realistic. / Emre: Oki. Haha. Perhaps, you can tell me the summary. Cause I haven’t read it before.

## Alabama
### Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw oka (“water”), Koasati okí.

### Noun

oki
* water

### References

* Indian Place Names in Alabama (1984, →ISBN, page 12: "the source of this name is Alabama oki, “water,” […] "

## French
### Alternative forms

* ok, OK

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.ke/

### Interjection

oki
* ok, okay

## Fuyug
### Noun

oki
* fire

### References

* Robert L. Bradshaw, Fuyug grammar sketch (2007)

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qoti, from Proto-Oceanic *qoti, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qəti, from Proto-Austronesian *qəCi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo.ki/, [ˈo.ti]

### Verb

oki
* to finish
* to stop

#### Derived terms

* hoʻōki
* uoki

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “oki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Hitchiti
### Etymology

Cognate with Alabama oki (“water”), Choctaw oka (“water”), which see for more.

### Noun

oki
* water

#### Alternative forms

* oke

### Further reading

* Thomas Noxon Toomey, Analysis of a Text in the Apalachi Language (1917) (has notes on Hitchiti)

## Icelandic
### Noun

oki
* indefinite dative singular of ok

## Japanese
### Romanization

oki
* Rōmaji transcription of おき

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈʔoki/ [ˈʔoː.ki̞]
* Rhymes: -oki
* Syllabification: o‧ki

### Noun

óki
* gum/discharge from the eye
    Synonym: mokat

#### See also

* bota
* kollaw
* leklek

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “óki”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 326
* Allen, Larry (2021) “óki”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Karao
### Noun

oki
* sleep (rheum or gummy discharge found in the eye)

## Koasati
### Etymology

Cognate to Alabama oki.

### Noun

okí
* water

### References

* Geoffrey D. Kimball's 1994 Koasati Dictionary (ISBN: 0803227264)

## Maori
### Noun

oki (used in a reduplicated form as okioki)
* rest

## Mikasuki
### Noun

oki
* water

### References

* Publications of the Alabama Historical Society (1901), page 405: [a certain placename] "signifies "bubbling, boiling water" from Hitchiti oki water;"

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

oki
* dative/locative singular of oka

## Volapük
### Pronoun

oki
* (accusative singular of ok) himself, herself