oki

See also: Oki and ôki

Alabama

Etymology

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

Noun

oki

1. 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^(key): /ɔ.ke/

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Interjection

oki

1. ok, okay

Fuyug

Noun

oki

1. 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^(key): /ˈo.ki/, [ˈo.ti]

Verb

oki

1. to finish
2. 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

1. 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

1. indefinite dative singular of ok

Karao

Noun

oki

1. sleep (rheum or gummy discharge found in the eye)

Koasati

Etymology

Cognate to Alabama oki.

Noun

okí

1. water

References

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

Maori

Noun

oki (used in a reduplicated form as okioki)

1. rest

Mikasuki

Noun

oki

1. 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

1. dative/locative singular of oka

Volapük

Pronoun

oki

1. (accusative singular of ok) himself, herself