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Definitions and meaning of oka

oka

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.
   • 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

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oka/, [o̞.ka]

Noun

oka inan

1. nausea, indigestion
2. vomit

Declension

Related terms

• oka egin

Further reading

• "oka" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “oka” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Bilba

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

oka

1. root (of plant)

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

Etymology

ok +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/
• 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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

oka

1. thorn, prickle

Declension

Synonyms

• oas
• piikki

Derived terms

Further reading

• “oka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oka

1. oca

Declension

Anagrams

• kao

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈokɒ]
• Hyphenation: oka

Noun

oka

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

   a halál oka ― the cause of death

Declension

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

Noun

oka

1. yam

See also

• uhi
• uwhi

Old Tupi

Etymology

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

Cognate with Sateré-Mawé sok, Guaraní óga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. house
2. den, burrow

   Synonym: kûara

3. (figurative) refuge, hiding place

Derived terms

Descendants

• Nheengatu: uka, ruka, suka
• → Portuguese: oca

See also

• Thesaurus:oka

References

Further reading

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[5] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “oka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[6] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 358–359

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/
• 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

Noun

oka

1. genitive singular of oko

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔka]

Noun

oka

1. genitive singular of oko

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jòka.

Pronunciation

Verb

-oka (infinitive kuoka)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwokaji (“baker”)

Source: wiktionary.org