oke

• Rhymes: -əʊk

oke

1. (obsolete) simple past of ache
2. (obsolete) simple past of ake

See oka

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...

• “oke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Shortened borrowing from Afrikaans outjie.

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

     When that oke talked, I listened.

From Middle English oke.

oke (plural okes)

1. Obsolete spelling of oak.

• aso oke (etymologically unrelated)

• EKO, Keo

From English OK.

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈkeː/

oke

1. OK, okay

• oké

ok +‎ -e

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oke

1. eighthly

• IPA^(key): /óké/

óké

1. male, man

• IPA^(key): /óké/

óké

1. big size.

From kè (“divide”).

• IPA^(key): /ókè/

óke

1. boundary, demarcation.

• IPA^(key): /òké/

oké

1. rat (animal)

• IPA^(key): /òkè/

oke

1. portion, share, division, part.

From English OK.

• IPA^(key): /ɔke/
• Hyphenation: oké

oké

1. (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknowledgement)

   Synonyms: baik, sip

oké

1. (colloquial) OK (acceptance, acknoledgement)

   Synonyms: iya, ya, hooh

• okeh
• woke
• ngokhey
• ngghokey
• oghey
• owghey
• yongkray
• yongkru

• “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.

oke

1. Rōmaji transcription of おけ

oke

1. water

oke

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

oke

1. drink

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

• وْكعِ

Compare Edo òké (“hill”).

• IPA^(key): /ò.kè/

òkè

1. mountain, hill

   Synonym: òkìtì

   mo gun òkè náà dé orí ― I climbed the mountain to the top

2. north

   Synonyms: àríwá, àwúsí

   Antonyms: odò, gúúsù, àwúsẹ̀

3. topmost, top
4. interior, uplands beyond Yorubaland
5. high