ok

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈok]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

ok (plural okok)

1. cause

   Holonyms: okság, ok-okozati viszony

   Coordinate terms: következmény, okozat

2. reason, motive

   Synonym: indok

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

ok n (genitive singular oks, nominative plural ok)

1. yoke

   Synonym: klafi

Etymology

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

Numeral

ok

1. eight (8)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ok/

Noun

ok

1. water

Further reading

• Robert Conrad, May River Iwam Organised Phonology Data (1992)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ok.

Noun

ok

1. arrow

References

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

Noun

ok

1. foot

Noun

ok

1. water

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oq/

Noun

ok

1. water

References

• Randy Lebold, Ronald Kriens, Yunita Susanto, A report on the Bamgi, Kia, and Lower Digul River language survey in Papua, Indonesia (2013, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2013-008, 1-52), page 40

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wokʷ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wekʷ/
• Bender phonemes: {wȩkʷ}

Noun

ok

1. fish net.
2. netting.
3. screen; sieve.

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Particle

ok

1. and...

References

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

Verb

ok

1. to burn

Noun

ok

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)

Noun

ok f

1. water (in a well)

Noun

ok m

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

Further reading

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ók.

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• k.o., KO

Alternative forms

• auk — ᛅᚢᚴ (auk)

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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

Further reading

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

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auk.

Adverb

ōk

1. also, too

Alternative forms

• oc, ock, och

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ok.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ok.

Declension

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: ok

Noun

ok n

1. genitive plural of oko (some meanings)

Pronunciation

Interjection

ok

1. Alternative letter-case form of OK

Noun

ok m (plural oks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of OK

Noun

ok

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See also

• oka
• OK

References

• ok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ko

Numeral

ok

1. Alternative form of okt (“eight”)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

ok (definite accusative oku, plural oklar)

1. arrow

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 194

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Conjunction

ok

1. only, to

Pronoun

ok

1. oneself

Noun

ok

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)

Noun

ok

1. heat

References

• wordlist

Alternative forms

• okw

Noun

ok m

1. water

References

• 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)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʔoːkᴰ (“to exit”). Cognate with Thai ออก (ɔ̀ɔk), Northern Thai ᩋᩬᨠ, Lao ອອກ (ʼǭk), Lü ᦀᦸᧅᧈ (˙ʼoak¹), Shan ဢွၵ်ႇ (ʼàuk), Ahom 𑜒𑜨𑜀𑜫 (ʼok). Perhaps related to Chinese 屙 (ē).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔoːk˧˥/
• Tone numbers: ok⁷
• Hyphenation: ok

Verb

ok (Sawndip forms 𭃀 or ⿰出悪 or 𫫇 or 恶 or 𫫇 or 𫥫 or 屋 or 跒 or ⿰出屋 or 喔 or 𡁮 or 沃, 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