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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
  • Hyphenation: o‧k
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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ok

  1. (informal) Alternative letter-case form of OK.

Anagrams

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Bimin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ok

  1. water

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of okka "kilogramme"

Symbol

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ok

  1. (Romania) kg

Czech

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Noun

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ok

  1. genitive plural of oko

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse haukr, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, Cognate with Swedish hök.

Noun

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ok m

  1. hawk

Declension

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Declension of ok
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ok oken oker okär
accusative ok otjin oka oką
dative otje otjem okum okum(e)
genitive otjemes okumes

Esperanto

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Esperanto numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ok
    Ordinal: oka
    Adverbial: oke
    Multiplier: okobla, okopa
    Fractional: okona, okono

Etymology

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    From Latin octō.

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    Numeral

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    ok

    1. eight (8)

    Derived terms

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    • okangulo (octagon)
    • oko (a group or set of eight)
    • okuna (octave)

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    Faroese

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

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    Noun

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    ok n (genitive singular oks, plural ok)

    1. yoke

    Declension

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    n3 singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative ok okið ok okini
    accusative ok okið ok okini
    dative oki okinum okum okunum
    genitive oks oksins oka okanna

    Garo

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    Etymology

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

    Noun

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    ok

    1. (anatomy) belly, stomach

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From the obsolete dialectal okik (to learn a lesson, to be edified), itself from a Turkic language.[1] Compare Kyrgyz угуу (uguu, to hear, to understand).

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    Noun

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    ok (plural okok)

    1. cause
      Holonyms: okság, ok-okozati viszony
      Coordinate terms: következmény, okozat
    2. reason, motive
      Synonym: indok

    Declension

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    Possessive forms of ok
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. okom okaim
    2nd person sing. okod okaid
    3rd person sing. oka okai
    1st person plural okunk okaink
    2nd person plural okotok okaitok
    3rd person plural okuk okaik

    Derived terms

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    Compound words with this term at the end
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    References

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    1. ^ ok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

    Further reading

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    • ok in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Icelandic

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    Etymology

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    From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

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    Noun

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    ok n (genitive singular oks, nominative plural ok)

    1. yoke
      Synonym: klafi

    Declension

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    Declension of ok (neuter)
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative ok okið ok okin
    accusative ok okið ok okin
    dative oki okinu okum okunum
    genitive oks oksins oka okanna

    Ido

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        Cardinal: ok
        Ordinal: okesma
        Adverbial: okfoye
        Multiplier: okopla
        Fractional: okima

    Etymology

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    From Esperanto ok, from Latin octo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

    Numeral

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    ok

    1. eight (8)

    Iwam

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    Noun

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    ok

    1. water

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    Kaqchikel

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    Verb

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    -ok (intransitive)

    1. to enter; to come in; to go in

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of ok
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    present yinok yatok nok yojok yixok yeʼok
    past xinok xatok xok xojok xixok xeʼok
    future xkinok xkatok xtok xkojok xkixok xkeʼok
    imperative/hortative kinok katok tok kojok kixok keʼok

    References

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    • Brown, R. McKenna; Maxwell, Judith M.; Little, Walter E. (2006), ¿La ütz awäch?, page 236:-ok
    • Ixq'anil; Maxwell, Judith M.; Waqi'kan; Little, Walter E. (2006), Tijonïk Kaqchikel Oxlajuj Aj[2], page 17:-ok

    Karaim

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Turkic *ok.

    Noun

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    ok

    1. arrow

    References

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    • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ok”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

    Lacandon

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    Noun

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    ok

    1. foot

    Low German

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Low German and Old Saxon ōk, like German auch.

    Adverb

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    ok (German Low German)

    1. also; and also

    Lower Mandobo

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    Noun

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    ok

    1. water

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    Lower Tanana

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔaˑqʼ.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʔɔkʰ/, /ʔɔqʰ/

    Noun

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    ok

    1. fog
    2. mist

    Derived terms

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    References

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    • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 59

    Marshallese

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Micronesian *wuko, from Proto-Oceanic *pukot, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pukət.

    Cognate with Nauruan iw.

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    Noun

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    ok (inalienable ukō)

    1. fishing net, net (for catching fish)
    2. netting
    3. screen, sieve, mesh (used in windows to keep out pests)

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    • Ok-an-adik (constellation in Bootes and Corona Borealis, literally net of the first quarter)
    • okaetok (long fishing net)
    • okkadkad (net-throwing)
    • okwa (tripod/scaffold for fishing)

    References

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    • Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “ok”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary[3]
    • Nik Willson (2014), Naan[4], Majuro, Marshall Islands, page 1793

    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old English āc, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks.

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      Noun

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      ok (plural okes)

      1. oak (tree of the genus Quercus or its wood)
        • 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
          The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
          So hidously þat with þe leste strook
          That it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook
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      • English: oak
      • Scots: aik, ake, yik
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      Etymology 2

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        Borrowed from Old Norse ok, variant of auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Doublet of ek.

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        Adverb

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        ok (East Midland, chiefly Early Middle English)

        1. Also, furthermore, as well.
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        Conjunction

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        ok (East Midland or Ireland, chiefly Early Middle English)

        1. But, nevertheless, on the contrary, rather.
        2. (rare) And, yet, also.
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        Mohawk

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        Particle

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        ok

        1. and...

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        • Gunther Michelson (1973), A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 83

        Mokilese

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        Verb

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        ok

        1. to burn

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        References

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        • Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary[5], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 30

        Ninggerum

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        Noun

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        ok

        1. water

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        North Muyu

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        Noun

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        ok f

        1. water (in a well)

        Noun

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        ok m

        1. water (drawn, e.g. out of well)
        2. sap (in fruits)

        Further reading

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        • Clemens Voorhoeve (1975), Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, →DOI
        • Jan Honoré Maria Cornelis Boelaars, The Linguistic Position of South-Western New Guinea (III), chapter XII, Kati language

        Norwegian Nynorsk

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        Etymology 1

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        From Old Norse ók.

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        Verb

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        ok

        1. past tense of ake

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        Noun

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        ok n (plural oket)

        1. (pre-1938) alternative form of åk

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        Old Norse

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology 1

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        From earlier auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk (also). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).

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        ok (runic script ᚢᚴ)

        1. and
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        Adverb

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        ok

        1. also, too
        Descendants
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        • Icelandic: og
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: òg
        • Norwegian Bokmål: òg
        • Swedish: ock
        • Middle English: ok, oc

        Etymology 2

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        From Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

        Noun

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        ok n (genitive oks, plural ok)

        1. yoke
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        Declension of ok (strong a-stem)
        neuter singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative ok okit ok okin
        accusative ok okit ok okin
        dative oki okinu okum okunum
        genitive oks oksins oka okanna
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        • eykr m (draft animal)
        • eyki n (vehicle, cart)
        • oka (to yoke)
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        • Icelandic: ok
        • Faroese: ok
        • Norwegian: åk
        • Old Swedish: uk, ok
          • Swedish: ok
        • Danish: åg
        • Elfdalian: uok
        • Gutnish: uk

        Further reading

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        • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ok2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

        Further reading

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        • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ok”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

        Old Saxon

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-West Germanic *auk.

        Adverb

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        ōk

        1. also, too

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        Old Swedish

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology 1

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        From Old Norse ok.

        Conjunction

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        ok (runic script ᚢᚴ)

        1. and

        Adverb

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        ok

        1. also, too

        Etymology 2

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        From Old Norse ok.

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        Noun

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        ok n

        1. yoke

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        Declension of ok (strong a-stem)
        neuter singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative ok okit ok okin
        accusative ok okit ok okin
        dative oki, oke okinu, okeno okum, okom okumin, okomen
        genitive oks oksins oka okanna

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        Noun

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        ok n

        1. genitive plural of oko (some meanings)

        Portuguese

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        ok

        1. alternative letter-case form of OK

        Noun

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        ok m (plural oks)

        1. alternative letter-case form of OK

        South Muyu

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        Noun

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        ok

        1. water

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        Swedish

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        Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia sv

        Etymology

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        From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Doublet of zygot.

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        ok n

        1. a yoke
          1. a wooden bar used to connect two oxen by their shoulders
          2. a wooden bar placed over the shoulders of a person (used to carry for example buckets)
          3. (clothing) a part of a shirt draped over the shoulders
          4. (figuratively) a burden
            • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Matteusevangeliet [Matthew] 11:30”, in Bibel 2000[6], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 4 October 2025:
              Mitt ok är skonsamt och min börda är lätt.
              My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
            • 2004 June 13, Ingalill Mosander, “Orden har befriat mig [The words have liberated me]”, in Aftonbladet[7], archived from the original on 4 October 2025:
              Det är som om ett ok har lyfts från mina axlar.
              It's as if a yoke has been lifted from my shoulders.
            • 2018, Johannes Magnus, translated by Kurt Johannesson, edited by Hans Helander, Goternas och svearnas historia[8], Michaelisgillet & Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 4 October 2025:
              Därefter lades danskarna under oket av svenskarna för andra gången.
              Then the Danes were put under the yoke by the Swedes for the second time.

        Declension

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        Declension of ok
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite ok oks
        definite oket okets
        plural indefinite ok oks
        definite oken okens

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        Anagrams

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        Tocharian B

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        Numeral

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        ok

        1. alternative form of okt (eight)

        Turkish

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        Etymology

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        From Ottoman Turkish اوق, from Proto-Turkic *ok (arrow). Compare Old Turkic 𐰸 (ok, arrow).

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        Noun

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        ok (definite accusative oku, plural oklar)

        1. arrow
          Dörtnala koşan bir yük arabasının oku böğrüme çarptı.
          (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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        Declension of ok
        singular plural
        nominative ok oklar
        definite accusative oku okları
        dative oka oklara
        locative okta oklarda
        ablative oktan oklardan
        genitive okun okların
        Possessive forms
        nominative
        singular plural
        1st singular okum oklarım
        2nd singular okun okların
        3rd singular oku okları
        1st plural okumuz oklarımız
        2nd plural okunuz oklarınız
        3rd plural okları okları
        definite accusative
        singular plural
        1st singular okumu oklarımı
        2nd singular okunu oklarını
        3rd singular okunu oklarını
        1st plural okumuzu oklarımızı
        2nd plural okunuzu oklarınızı
        3rd plural oklarını oklarını
        dative
        singular plural
        1st singular okuma oklarıma
        2nd singular okuna oklarına
        3rd singular okuna oklarına
        1st plural okumuza oklarımıza
        2nd plural okunuza oklarınıza
        3rd plural oklarına oklarına
        locative
        singular plural
        1st singular okumda oklarımda
        2nd singular okunda oklarında
        3rd singular okunda oklarında
        1st plural okumuzda oklarımızda
        2nd plural okunuzda oklarınızda
        3rd plural oklarında oklarında
        ablative
        singular plural
        1st singular okumdan oklarımdan
        2nd singular okundan oklarından
        3rd singular okundan oklarından
        1st plural okumuzdan oklarımızdan
        2nd plural okunuzdan oklarınızdan
        3rd plural oklarından oklarından
        genitive
        singular plural
        1st singular okumun oklarımın
        2nd singular okunun oklarının
        3rd singular okunun oklarının
        1st plural okumuzun oklarımızın
        2nd plural okunuzun oklarınızın
        3rd plural oklarının oklarının

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        Upper Kuskokwim

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Athabaskan *ʔaˑqʼ.

        Noun

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        ok

        1. fog

        References

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        • Collins, Raymond L.; Petruska, Betty (1979), Dinak'i (Our Words). Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan Junior Dictionary, Anchorage, Alaska: National Bilingual Materials Development Center, University of Alaska, page 35

        Upper Mandobo

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        Noun

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        ok

        1. water

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        • Andrew Pawley et al., "The Trans New Guinea family", in The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide (2018, →ISBN)

        Vietnamese

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From French OK.

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        Interjection

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        ok

        1. (informal) OK, okay (acknowledgement or acceptance)
        2. (computing) OK, okay (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt)

        Adjective

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        ok

        1. (informal) OK; good; fine

        Synonyms

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        • (acknowledgement or acceptance): , , ừm
        • (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt): được

        Antonyms

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        • (antonym(s) of dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt): hủy bỏ, hủy, thôi

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        Vilamovian

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        Conjunction

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        ok

        1. only, to

        Volapük

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        Pronoun

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        ok

        1. oneself

        Declension

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        Declension of ok
        Singular Plural
        Nominative ok oks
        Genitive oka okas
        Dative oke okes
        Accusative oki okis
        Predicative1 oku okus
        Vocative o ok o oks
        1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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        Noun

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        ok

        1. water

        Further reading

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        • Clemens Voorhoeve (1975), Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, →DOI
        • Andrew Pawley et al., "The Trans New Guinea family", in The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide (2018, →ISBN)

        Wastek

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        Noun

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        ok

        1. heat

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        Yessan-Mayo

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        Alternative forms

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        Noun

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        ok m

        1. water

        References

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        • Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN
        • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 (as okw)

        Zhuang

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Tai *ʔoːkᴰ (to exit).[1]

        Cognate with Thai ออก (ɔ̀ɔk), Northern Thai ᩋᩬᨠ, Lao ອອກ (ʼǭk), ᦀᦸᧅᧈ (˙ʼoak¹), Shan ဢွၵ်ႇ (ʼàuk), Ahom 𑜒𑜨𑜀𑜫 (ʼok).

        Perhaps related to Chinese (ē).

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        Verb

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        ok (Sawndip forms 𭃀[2] or ⿰出悪[2] or 𫫇[2] or [2] or 𫥫[2] or [2] or [2] or ⿰出屋[2] or [2] or 𡁮[2] or [2], 1957–1982 spelling ok)

        1. to exit
          ok ranz
          to leave the house
        2. to provide; to give
        3. to excrete
        4. to produce; to make
        5. to sprout; to put forth; to bud
        6. to occur; to happen; to come up
        7. to exceed; to go over
        8. to present; to put forth; to raise; to pose
        9. to issue; to release
        10. to publish

        References

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        1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 352
        2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 广西壮族自治区少数民族古籍整理出版规划领导小组 [Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Leading Group for the Compilation and Publication Planning of Minority Ancient Books], editors (2012), “ok”, in 古壮字字典 [Zhuang: Sawndip Sawdenj, Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (overall work in Zhuang and Mandarin), Guangxi: 广西民族出版社 [Guangxi Nationalities Publishing House], →ISBN