oki

Interjection

oki

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of OK.
   • 2014, Hannah Tronnes, “Krishna’s birthday”, in No-Shukriya (There's No Need to Say Thank You), Partridge India, →ISBN:

     Udit: […] U can go if u want. We can do something on Sat. As long as I don’t destroy my self^[sic] on Fri night. Me: Oki, good to know! Saturday it is! (If we aren’t destroyed=)

   • 2016 May 6, Charles Still Waters, chapter 23, in Two-Fingers and the White Guy: The Search Continues, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

     The buffalo hides were then placed over the entire structure and, after several hours of work, Billy said, “Oki, looking good. Now I need you to gather up a bunch of rocks about the size of my head.”

   • 2020, Sammy Jo Pendergrast, “Unexpected Visitor”, in Bluestar, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 51:

     “You aren’t going to follow me, oki?” / “I won’t if you don’t follow me and try to steal my watch again,” Jase retorted holding out his hand to shake. / Tahmela shook it, his thin lips parting into a smirk. “Oki for now.”

   • 2021, Sergey Zhuravlev, “A worthless thing is something that a person does, guided only by his own benefit”, in Kneading on Love (The Golden Billion; 1), Sunray, →ISBN:

     Clean the apartment? Yes, no question! Show me where to go, Uncle. Just promise me, don't touch me! Oki?

   • 2022, Anastasiia Deniz Mitchell, “19 December 2017”, in Don’t Fall in Love with an Aquarius: Don’t Trust a Libra, volume 1, Litres, →ISBN:

     Emre: […] So what’s the genre of the book? I mean, fantasy? Crime? Horror? / Me: Realistic. / Emre: Oki. Haha. Perhaps, you can tell me the summary. Cause I haven’t read it before.

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,” […] "

Alternative forms

• ok, OK

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ke/

Interjection

oki

1. ok, okay

Noun

oki

1. fire

References

• Robert L. Bradshaw, Fuyug grammar sketch (2007)

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

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “oki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Etymology

Cognate with Alabama oki (“water”), Choctaw oka (“water”), which see for more.

Noun

oki

1. water

Further reading

• Thomas Noxon Toomey, Analysis of a Text in the Apalachi Language (1917) (has notes on Hitchiti)

Noun

oki

1. indefinite dative singular of ok

Noun

oki

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

Etymology

Cognate to Alabama oki.

Noun

okí

1. water

References

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

Noun

oki (used in a reduplicated form as okioki)

1. rest

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;"

Noun

oki

1. dative/locative singular of oka

Pronoun

oki

1. (accusative singular of ok) himself, herself