oki

Alabama

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,” […] "

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.ke/

Interjection

oki

  1. ok, okay

Fuyug

Noun

oki

  1. fire

References

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

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qoti, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qeti (compare Maori oti, Tongan ʻosi, Fijian oti, Malay henti).

Verb

oki

  1. to finish
  2. to stop

Hitchiti

Etymology

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

Noun

oki

  1. water

Alternative forms

Further reading

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

Koasati

Etymology

Cognate to Alabama oki.

Noun

okí

  1. water

References

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

Maori

Noun

oki (used in a reduplicated form as okioki)

  1. rest

Mikasuki

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;"

Volapük

Pronoun

oki

  1. (accusative singular of ok) himself, herself
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