oka

Alternative forms

• oke, okka

Etymology

From Italian oca, from French oque, from Ottoman Turkish اوقه‎ (okka). The Turkish is sometimes said to be from Arabic أَوْقِيَّة‎ (ʾawqiyya) or وِقِيَّة‎ (wiqiyya), but some dispute this, since the latter denotes a much smaller weight. The Arabic probably came via Classical Syriac from Ancient Greek ουγκιά (ounkiá), from Latin uncia (“twelfth; ounce; inch”).^[1]. Doublet of ounce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒkə/

Noun

oka (plural okas)

1. (historical units of measurement) A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
   • 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...

   • 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":

     Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).

2. A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.

References

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, koa, oak

Noun

oka

1. nausea, indigestion
2. vomit

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

oka

1. root (of plant)

Noun

oka

1. water

References

• Cyrus Byington, ‎John Reed Swanton, ‎Henry Sale Halbert, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language (1915)

Etymology

ok +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: o‧ka

Adjective

oka (accusative singular okan, plural okaj, accusative plural okajn)

1. (ordinal) eighth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈokɑ]
• Rhymes: -okɑ
• Hyphenation: o‧ka

Noun

oka

1. thorn, prickle

Etymology

ok +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈokɒ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: oka

Noun

oka

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of ok

   a halál oka - the cause of death

Romanization

oka

1. Rōmaji transcription of おか

Noun

oka

1. yam

See also

• uhi
• uwhi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈɔka/

Noun

oka

1. typical Brazilian indigenous housing
   • XVI century, Anchieta, Auto de S. Lourenço (São Paulo, 1948):

     E-îor-í i-mo-sykyîé-bo, t-o-ikó umé oka r-upi oré anga mo-ngué-bo.

     Come to scare them away, so that they may be no longer in our houses corrupting our souls.

2. any house.

   T-atá o-s-apy oré oka.

   The fire burned our house.

References

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

Verb

oka

1. stab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒka/
• Hyphenation: o‧ka

Noun

òka f (Cyrillic spelling о̀ка)

1. oke

Verb

oka

1. to bake