oki

See also: Oki, ôki, OKI, and ʻoki

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Okiek.

Symbol

oki

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Okiek.

English

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.

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

• ok, OK

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ke/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Interjection

oki

1. ok, okay

Fuyug

Noun

oki

1. fire

References

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

German

Etymology

Probably a clipping of okidoki, but alternatively analyzable as OK +‎ -i.

Interjection

oki

1. (colloquial, text messaging) okay, okey-dokey
   • 2012, Dieter Paul Rudolph, Pixity: Stadt der Unsichtbaren, →ISBN:

     Anna14: joah. Hab grad mit meinem dad geschrieben
     Jana_13: mail oder was?
     Anna14: nö nich mail. chat
     […]
     Jana_13: hier?
     Anna14: nö anderer chat. für erwachsene.
     Jana_13: oki

     Anna14: yeah. just had a chat with my dad
     Jana_13: like through email?
     Anna14: nah not email. chat
     […]
     Jana_13: here?
     Anna14: nah, different one. for adults.
     Jana_13: okay

Hawaiian

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

Derived terms

• hoʻōki
• uoki

References

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

Hitchiti

Etymology

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

Noun

oki

1. water

Alternative forms

• oke

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Noun

oki

1. indefinite dative singular of ok

Japanese

Romanization

oki

1. Rōmaji transcription of おき

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔoki/ [ˈʔoː.ki̞]
• Rhymes: -oki
• Syllabification: o‧ki

Noun

óki

1. gum/discharge from the eye

   Synonym: mokat

See also

• bota
• kollaw
• leklek

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “óki”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 326
• Allen, Larry (2021), “óki”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Karao

Noun

oki

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

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;"

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oki (Cyrillic spelling оки)

1. dative/locative singular of oka

Volapük

Pronoun

oki

1. (accusative singular of ok) himself, herself