oka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oka"

Translingual

Symbol

oka

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Okanagan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Okanagan terms

English

Alternative forms

• oke, okka

Etymology

From Italian oca, from French oque, from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒkə/

Noun

oka (plural okas)

1. (historical) A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
   • 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia‎^[4], volume XXX, Rottolo, page 632:

     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...

   • 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":

     Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).

2. A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.

Meronyms

• (subdivisions of the unit of weight): dirhem or dram; ounce; cheki; rottol or rotl
• (superdivisions of the unit of weight): batman; kantar or quintal

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, koa, oak

Ainu

Etymology

Contraction of okay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ò̞ꜛká]

Pronoun

oka (Kana spelling オカ)

1. (Saru dialect) they (third-person plural pronoun)

Usage notes

This word is not actually a proper pronoun, but is often used when it is absolutely necessary to point directly to a third person in conversation. The proper third-person pronoun in Ainu would be the lack of any personal pronoun at all, i.e., it has a null value.

See also

Ainu personal pronouns

person	isolated form	affix form
		nominative	objective
first	singular	kuani, kani1	ku=, k=1 (before vowels)	en=
	exclusive plural	ciokay, coka1, ciutari	ci=, c=1 =as	un=
	inclusive plural	anokay, aoka1, anutari	a=, =an	i=
second	singular	eani	e=
	plural	eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari	eci=
	singular (polite)	anokay, aoka1	a=, =an	i=
	plural (polite)	anokay, aoka1, anutari
third	singular	sinuma, anihi	∅=
	plural	okay, oka1
indefinite	singular	asinuma	a=, =an	i=
	plural	anokay, aoka1, anutari

1. Saru dialect

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oka/ [o.ka]
• Rhymes: -oka, -a
• Hyphenation: o‧ka

Noun

oka inan

1. nausea, indigestion
2. vomit

Declension

Declension of oka (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	oka	oka	okak	okok
ergative	okak	okak	okek	okok
dative	okari	okari	okei	okoi
genitive	okaren	okaren	oken	okon
comitative	okarekin	okarekin	okekin	okokin
causative	okarengatik	okarengatik	okengatik	okongatik
benefactive	okarentzat	okarentzat	okentzat	okontzat
instrumental	okaz	okaz	okez	okotaz
innesive	okatan	okan	oketan	okotan
locative	okatako	okako	oketako	okotako
allative	okatara	okara	oketara	okotara
terminative	okataraino	okaraino	oketaraino	okotaraino
directive	okatarantz	okarantz	oketarantz	okotarantz
destinative	okatarako	okarako	oketarako	okotarako
ablative	okatatik	okatik	oketatik	okotatik
partitive	okarik	—	—	—
prolative	okatzat	—	—	—

Related terms

• oka egin

Further reading

• “oka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “oka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bilba

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

Noun

oka

1. root (of plant)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Choctaw

Noun

oka

1. water

References

• Cyrus Byington, John Reed Swanton, Henry Sale Halbert, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language (1915)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoka]

Noun

oka

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

Esperanto

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Cardinal: ok     Ordinal: oka     Adverbial: oke     Multiplier: okobla, okopa     Fractional: okona, okono

Etymology

ok +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Hyphenation: o‧ka

Adjective

oka (accusative singular okan, plural okaj, accusative plural okajn)

1. (ordinal number) eighth

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈokɑ/, [ˈo̞kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -okɑ
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): oka

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *oka, a variant of *ogas (whence oas).

Noun

oka

1. thorn, prickle

Declension

Inflection of oka (Kotus type 10*D/koira, k-∅ gradation)
nominative		oka	oat
genitive		oan	okien
partitive		okaa	okia
illative		okaan	okiin
		singular	plural
nominative		oka	oat
accusative	nom.	oka	oat
	gen.	oan
genitive		oan	okien okain rare
partitive		okaa	okia
inessive		oassa	oissa
elative		oasta	oista
illative		okaan	okiin
adessive		oalla	oilla
ablative		oalta	oilta
allative		oalle	oille
essive		okana	okina
translative		oaksi	oiksi
abessive		oatta	oitta
instructive		—	oin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of oka (Kotus type 10*D/koira, k-∅ gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative okani okani accusative nom. okani okani gen. okani genitive okani okieni okaini rare partitive okaani okiani inessive oassani oissani elative oastani oistani illative okaani okiini adessive oallani oillani ablative oaltani oiltani allative oalleni oilleni essive okanani okinani translative oakseni oikseni abessive oattani oittani instructive — — comitative — okineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative okasi okasi accusative nom. okasi okasi gen. okasi genitive okasi okiesi okaisi rare partitive okaasi okiasi inessive oassasi oissasi elative oastasi oistasi illative okaasi okiisi adessive oallasi oillasi ablative oaltasi oiltasi allative oallesi oillesi essive okanasi okinasi translative oaksesi oiksesi abessive oattasi oittasi instructive — — comitative — okinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative okamme okamme accusative nom. okamme okamme gen. okamme genitive okamme okiemme okaimme rare partitive okaamme okiamme inessive oassamme oissamme elative oastamme oistamme illative okaamme okiimme adessive oallamme oillamme ablative oaltamme oiltamme allative oallemme oillemme essive okanamme okinamme translative oaksemme oiksemme abessive oattamme oittamme instructive — — comitative — okinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative okanne okanne accusative nom. okanne okanne gen. okanne genitive okanne okienne okainne rare partitive okaanne okianne inessive oassanne oissanne elative oastanne oistanne illative okaanne okiinne adessive oallanne oillanne ablative oaltanne oiltanne allative oallenne oillenne essive okananne okinanne translative oaksenne oiksenne abessive oattanne oittanne instructive — — comitative — okinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative okansa okansa accusative nom. okansa okansa gen. okansa genitive okansa okiensa okainsa rare partitive okaansa okiaan okiansa inessive oassaan oassansa oissaan oissansa elative oastaan oastansa oistaan oistansa illative okaansa okiinsa adessive oallaan oallansa oillaan oillansa ablative oaltaan oaltansa oiltaan oiltansa allative oalleen oallensa oilleen oillensa essive okanaan okanansa okinaan okinansa translative oakseen oaksensa oikseen oiksensa abessive oattaan oattansa oittaan oittansa instructive — — comitative — okineen okinensa

In the plural, the plural forms of oas are more commonly used.

Synonyms

• oas
• piikki

Derived terms

• okainen

compounds

• kolmioka
• okahaarake
• okahiiri
• okakala
• okakuusi
• okakärsämato
• okamonni
• okapäämato
• okarausku
• okasolu
• sulawesinokarotta
• vuoriokarotta

Further reading

• “oka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oka

1. oca

Declension

Inflection of oka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		oka	okat
genitive		okan	okien
partitive		okaa	okia
illative		okaan	okiin
		singular	plural
nominative		oka	okat
accusative	nom.	oka	okat
	gen.	okan
genitive		okan	okien okain rare
partitive		okaa	okia
inessive		okassa	okissa
elative		okasta	okista
illative		okaan	okiin
adessive		okalla	okilla
ablative		okalta	okilta
allative		okalle	okille
essive		okana	okina
translative		okaksi	okiksi
abessive		okatta	okitta
instructive		—	okin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of oka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative okani okani accusative nom. okani okani gen. okani genitive okani okieni okaini rare partitive okaani okiani inessive okassani okissani elative okastani okistani illative okaani okiini adessive okallani okillani ablative okaltani okiltani allative okalleni okilleni essive okanani okinani translative okakseni okikseni abessive okattani okittani instructive — — comitative — okineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative okasi okasi accusative nom. okasi okasi gen. okasi genitive okasi okiesi okaisi rare partitive okaasi okiasi inessive okassasi okissasi elative okastasi okistasi illative okaasi okiisi adessive okallasi okillasi ablative okaltasi okiltasi allative okallesi okillesi essive okanasi okinasi translative okaksesi okiksesi abessive okattasi okittasi instructive — — comitative — okinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative okamme okamme accusative nom. okamme okamme gen. okamme genitive okamme okiemme okaimme rare partitive okaamme okiamme inessive okassamme okissamme elative okastamme okistamme illative okaamme okiimme adessive okallamme okillamme ablative okaltamme okiltamme allative okallemme okillemme essive okanamme okinamme translative okaksemme okiksemme abessive okattamme okittamme instructive — — comitative — okinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative okanne okanne accusative nom. okanne okanne gen. okanne genitive okanne okienne okainne rare partitive okaanne okianne inessive okassanne okissanne elative okastanne okistanne illative okaanne okiinne adessive okallanne okillanne ablative okaltanne okiltanne allative okallenne okillenne essive okananne okinanne translative okaksenne okiksenne abessive okattanne okittanne instructive — — comitative — okinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative okansa okansa accusative nom. okansa okansa gen. okansa genitive okansa okiensa okainsa rare partitive okaansa okiaan okiansa inessive okassaan okassansa okissaan okissansa elative okastaan okastansa okistaan okistansa illative okaansa okiinsa adessive okallaan okallansa okillaan okillansa ablative okaltaan okaltansa okiltaan okiltansa allative okalleen okallensa okilleen okillensa essive okanaan okanansa okinaan okinansa translative okakseen okaksensa okikseen okiksensa abessive okattaan okattansa okittaan okittansa instructive — — comitative — okineen okinensa

Anagrams

• kao

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qota (“dregs, residue”), from Proto-Central Pacific *xota "dregs, refuse".

Noun

oka

1. dregs, sediment, grounds
2. crumbs, small bits

Derived terms

• oka kope (“coffee grounds”)
• oka lāʻau (“sawdust”)

Related terms

• ʻāoka
• okaoka

Further reading

• oka in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Hungarian

Etymology

ok (“cause, reason, motive”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈokɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: oka

Noun

oka

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of ok

   a halál oka ― the cause of death

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	oka	—
accusative	okát	—
dative	okának	—
instrumental	okával	—
causal-final	okáért	—
translative	okává	—
terminative	okáig	—
essive-formal	okaként	—
essive-modal	okául	—
inessive	okában	—
superessive	okán	—
adessive	okánál	—
illative	okába	—
sublative	okára	—
allative	okához	—
elative	okából	—
delative	okáról	—
ablative	okától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	okáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	okáéi	—

Japanese

Romanization

oka

1. Rōmaji transcription of おか

Laboya

Noun

oka

1. cage

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “oka”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 75

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *hoka “to husk coconuts” (compare with Rarotongan oka, Tongan hoka and Samoan oʻa). Sense of husking coconuts lost with other coconut-related activities in temperate New Zealand in contrast to other cognates, added by influence of hoka; see there for details.

Verb

oka (passive okaina)

1. to stab, to pierce

   Synonym: kō

2. to prick

   Synonym: timo

3. to vaccinate

   Synonym: okaoka

Noun

oka

1. any tool for piercing
   1. awl, tool used to bore holes in wood or leather
   2. a kind of dagger

Related terms

• hoka

Derived terms

• mahi okaoka
• okaoka

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *hoka (compare with Rarotongan oka “rafter”, Tahitian hoka “frame of a ship”, Tongan hoka “king post, main pillar that supports the ridgepole” and Samoan soʻa “collar beam”) from Proto-Oceanic *sokar “crossbeam” from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋkar “transverse roof beams, thwart of a boat” (compare with Malay sengkar).

Noun

oka

1. rafter, esp. that supports the roof of kumara storehouses

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

oka

1. yam

See also

• uhi
• uwhi

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “oka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 278
• “oka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Tupi

oka

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *ekʷ

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi oka

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok, *rok, from Proto-Tupian *ekʷ.

Cognate with Sateré-Mawé sok, Paraguayan Guarani óga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ka]
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: o‧ka

Noun

oka (possessable, IIc class pluriform, absolute oka, R1 roka, R2 soka)

1. house

   Tatá osapy oré roka.

   The fire burned our house.

   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Eîori i mosykyîébo, t'oîkó umé oka rupi oré 'anga monguébo.

     Come to scare them away, so that they may be no longer in our houses corrupting our souls.

2. den, burrow

   Synonym: kûara

3. (figurative) refuge, hiding place

Derived terms

• oka rerekoara
• okabytera
• okabyterusu
• okanga
• okapyra
• okarapupa'ũ
• okarupagûama
• okena
• okupagûama
• okusu
• okybaté
• okytá
• opyá
• tupãoka

Descendants

• Nheengatu: uka
• → Brazilian Portuguese: oca

See also

• Thesaurus:oka

Further reading

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956), Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[6] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “oka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 358–359

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Syllabification: o‧ka

Noun

oka n

1. inflection of oko:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural (some meanings)

Rapa Nui

Verb

oka

1. stab

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒka/
• Hyphenation: o‧ka

Noun

òka f (Cyrillic spelling о̀ка)

1. an oka, a former Turkish unit of weight, usually a little more than a kilogram

Declension

Declension of oka

	singular	plural
nominative	òka	oke
genitive	oke	ókā
dative	òki	okama
accusative	oku	oke
vocative	oko	oke
locative	òki	okama
instrumental	okom	okama

Noun

oka (Cyrillic spelling ока)

1. genitive singular of oko

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔka]

Noun

oka

1. genitive singular of oko

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jòka.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-oka (infinitive kuoka)

1. to bake
2. to roast
3. to fire pottery

Conjugation

Conjugation of -oka
Positive present -naoka Subjunctive -oke Negative -oki Imperative singular oka
Infinitives
Positive kuoka Negative kutooka
Imperatives
Singular oka Plural okeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huoka Positive past positive subject concord + -lioka Negative past negative subject concord + -kuoka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naoka) Singular Plural 1st person ninaoka/naoka tunaoka 2nd person unaoka mnaoka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaoka wanaoka other classes positive subject concord + -naoka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -oki) Singular Plural 1st person sioki hatuoki 2nd person huoki hamwoki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haoki hawaoki other classes negative subject concord + -oki
Positive future positive subject concord + -taoka Negative future negative subject concord + -taoka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -oke) Singular Plural 1st person nioke tuoke 2nd person uoke mwoke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aoke waoke other classes positive subject concord + -oke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sioke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeoka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeoka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalioka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalioka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aoka) Singular Plural 1st person naoka twaoka 2nd person waoka mwaoka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aoka waoka m-mi(III/IV) waoka yaoka ji-ma(V/VI) laoka yaoka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaoka vyaoka n(IX/X) yaoka zaoka u(XI) waoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaoka pa(XVI) paoka mu(XVIII) mwaoka
Perfect positive subject concord + -meoka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaoka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaoka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kioka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipooka Consecutive kaoka / positive subject concord + -kaoka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaoke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nioka -tuoka 2nd person -kuoka -waoka/-kuokeni/-waokeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwoka -waoka m-mi(III/IV) -uoka -ioka ji-ma(V/VI) -lioka -yaoka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kioka -vioka n(IX/X) -ioka -zioka u(XI) -uoka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuoka pa(XVI) -paoka mu(XVIII) -muoka Reflexive -jioka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -oka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -okaye -okao m-mi(III/IV) -okao -okayo ji-ma(V/VI) -okalo -okayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -okacho -okavyo n(IX/X) -okayo -okazo u(XI) -okao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -okako pa(XVI) -okapo mu(XVIII) -okamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -oka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeoka -ooka m-mi(III/IV) -ooka -yooka ji-ma(V/VI) -looka -yooka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chooka -vyooka n(IX/X) -yooka -zooka u(XI) -ooka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kooka pa(XVI) -pooka mu(XVIII) -mooka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwokaji (“baker”)
  • uokaji (“baking”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish oka, equivalent to ok +‎ -a.

Verb

oka (present okar, preterite okade, supine okat, imperative oka)

1. to yoke (to fasten a yoke on one or more draught animals)
   • 1929, Frans G. Bengtsson, “En dryck ur källan”, in Litteratörer och militärer‎^[7], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 4 May 2025, page 283:

     Tack vare Horatius har [Bandusias källa] blivit en av de mest poetiska bland alla kända källor; och likväl var den inte någon helig källa [...]. De okade oxarna drucko där.

     Thanks to Horace, the Spring of Bandusia has become one of the most poetic of all known springs; and yet it was no holy spring. The yoked oxen drank there.

Conjugation

Conjugation of oka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	oka		okas
supine	okat		okats
imperative	oka		—
imper. plural1	oken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	okar	okade	okas	okades
ind. plural1	oka	okade	okas	okades
subjunctive2	oke	okade	okes	okades
present participle		okande
past participle		okad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• oka av (“to unyoke”)

References

• oka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• oka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)