oke

See also: oké, ōke, ōkē, and øke

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊk

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

Borrowed from Afrikaans [Term?].

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 (2016), Kevin Richardson, Part of the Pride: My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa, page 39:

     When that oke talked, I listened.

Anagrams

• EKO, Keo

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Esperanto

Esperanto adverbial numbers

<  7-e	8-e	9-e  >
Cardinal : ok     Ordinal : oka     Adverbial : oke     Multiplier : okobla     Fractional : okona

Etymology

ok +‎ -e

Adverb

oke

1. eighthly

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English OK, from Choctaw okeh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔke/
• Hyphenation: oké

Interjection

oké

1. (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknoledgement)

Verb

oké

1. (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknoledgement)

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.

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Japanese

Romanization

oke

1. Rōmaji transcription of おけ

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Ternate

Verb

oke

1. drink

References

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