oka
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Italian oca, from French oque, from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Pronunciation
Noun
oka (plural okas)
- (historical) A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
- 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, volume XXX, Rottolo, page 632:
- 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...
- 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":
- A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
Meronyms
Anagrams
Ainu
Etymology
Contraction of okay.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
oka (Kana spelling オカ)
- (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
| person | isolated form | affix form | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | objective | |||
| first | singular | kuani, kani1 | ku=, k=1 (before vowels) | en= |
| exclusive plural | ciokay, coka1, ciutari | ci=, c=1 =as | un= | |
| inclusive plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | a=, =an | i= | |
| second | singular | eani | e= | |
| plural | eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari | eci= | ||
| singular (polite) | anokay, aoka1 | a=, =an | i= | |
| plural (polite) | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
| third | singular | sinuma, anihi | ∅= | |
| plural | okay, oka1 | |||
| indefinite | singular | asinuma | a=, =an | i= |
| plural | anokay, aoka1, anutari | |||
1. Saru dialect
Basque
Pronunciation
Noun
oka inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | oka | oka | okak |
| ergative | okak | okak | okek |
| dative | okari | okari | okei |
| genitive | okaren | okaren | oken |
| comitative | okarekin | okarekin | okekin |
| causative | okarengatik | okarengatik | okengatik |
| benefactive | okarentzat | okarentzat | okentzat |
| instrumental | okaz | okaz | okez |
| inessive | okatan | okan | oketan |
| locative | okatako | okako | oketako |
| allative | okatara | okara | oketara |
| terminative | okataraino | okaraino | oketaraino |
| directive | okatarantz | okarantz | oketarantz |
| destinative | okatarako | okarako | oketarako |
| ablative | okatatik | okatik | oketatik |
| partitive | okarik | — | — |
| prolative | okatzat | — | — |
Related terms
Further reading
- “oka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “oka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Bilba
Etymology
Noun
oka
- root (of plant)
References
Choctaw
Noun
oka
References
- Cyrus Byington, John Reed Swanton, Henry Sale Halbert, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language (1915)
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
oka
- inflection of oko:
Esperanto
| 80 | ||
| ← 7 | 8 | 9 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ok Ordinal: oka Adverbial: oke Multiplier: okobla, okopa Fractional: okona, okono | ||
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
oka (accusative singular okan, plural okaj, accusative plural okajn)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *oka, a variant of *ogas (whence oas).
Noun
oka
Declension
| Inflection of oka (Kotus type 10*D/koira, k-∅ gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oka | oat | |
| genitive | oan | okien | |
| partitive | okaa | okia | |
| illative | okaan | okiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oka | oat | |
| accusative | nom. | oka | oat |
| gen. | oan | ||
| genitive | oan | okien okain rare | |
| partitive | okaa | okia | |
| inessive | oassa | oissa | |
| elative | oasta | oista | |
| illative | okaan | okiin | |
| adessive | oalla | oilla | |
| ablative | oalta | oilta | |
| allative | oalle | oille | |
| essive | okana | okina | |
| translative | oaksi | oiksi | |
| abessive | oatta | oitta | |
| instructive | — | oin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
(compounds):
Further reading
- “oka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Declension
| Inflection of oka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oka | okat | |
| genitive | okan | okien | |
| partitive | okaa | okia | |
| illative | okaan | okiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oka | okat | |
| accusative | nom. | oka | okat |
| gen. | okan | ||
| genitive | okan | okien okain rare | |
| partitive | okaa | okia | |
| inessive | okassa | okissa | |
| elative | okasta | okista | |
| illative | okaan | okiin | |
| adessive | okalla | okilla | |
| ablative | okalta | okilta | |
| allative | okalle | okille | |
| essive | okana | okina | |
| translative | okaksi | okiksi | |
| abessive | okatta | okitta | |
| instructive | — | okin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
oka
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of ok
- a halál oka ― the cause of death
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oka | — |
| accusative | okát | — |
| dative | okának | — |
| instrumental | okával | — |
| causal-final | okáért | — |
| translative | okává | — |
| terminative | okáig | — |
| essive-formal | okaként | — |
| essive-modal | okául | — |
| inessive | okában | — |
| superessive | okán | — |
| adessive | okánál | — |
| illative | okába | — |
| sublative | okára | — |
| allative | okához | — |
| elative | okából | — |
| delative | okáról | — |
| ablative | okától | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
okáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
okáéi | — |
Japanese
Romanization
oka
Laboya
Noun
oka
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
See also
Old Tupi
Polish
Rapa Nui
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Swahili
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