BarasanaEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. water
  2. rain

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 1982, Hugh-Jones, Barasana Cosmology, in Ethnoastronomy and archaeoastronomy in the American tropics: oko sohe "the east (literally: the water door)", kuma oko "summer rain (by extension, any heavy rain)", oko uhu "master of water: the egret"

CarapanaEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Ronald G. Metzger, The Morpheme KA- of Carapana (Tucanoan)

CubeoEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Catching Language: The Standing Challenge of Grammar Writing (2006, →ISBN, citing Morse and Maxwell (1999)

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Czech oko, from Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈoko]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: oko

NounEdit

oko n

  1. (anatomy) eye
    Otevřela oči.She opened her eyes.
    zmizet z očíto disappear from sight
  2. (card games) twenty-one, pontoon
  3. tarn
  4. eye (center of a storm)

Usage notesEdit

  • The plural of definition 1 takes the dual form, which changes the gender from neuter to feminine (seen in agreement, for example "modré oči" – "blue eyes").

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • oko in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • oko in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • oko in Internetová jazyková příručka

EdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. something parceled for certain purposes like gift giving, etc.; parcel

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Agheyisi, Rebecca N. (1986) An Edo-English dictionary, Benin City: Ethiope, →ISBN
  2. ^ Melzian, Hans (1937) A Concise Dictionary of the Bini Language of Southern Nigeria[1], London: Kegal Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 142

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

ok (8) +‎ -o (noun)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

oko (accusative singular okon, plural okoj, accusative plural okojn)

  1. a number or numeral 8
  2. eightsome, a set of eight of something
    la kera oko
    the eight of hearts

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text)
             
aso duo trio kvaro kvino seso sepo
             
oko naŭo deko fanto, bubo damo reĝo ĵokero

Galibi CaribEdit

Galibi Carib cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : oko

NumeralEdit

oko

  1. two

ReferencesEdit

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 107.

GuaraníEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. home

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

oko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おこ

KoreguajeEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968), page 181

MayoEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. pine

Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

oko

  1. (obsolete) past plural of aka

Old CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

NounEdit

oko n

  1. eye

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Czech: oko

Further readingEdit

Old PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

NounEdit

oko n

  1. eye

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

oko n (diminutive oczko, augmentative oczysko)

  1. (anatomy) eye

DeclensionEdit

Note: ócz and oczów are rare

Derived termsEdit

adjectives
nouns
proverb
verbs

NounEdit

oko n

  1. a drop of fat or oil floating on the surface of a liquid
  2. (meteorology) the eye of a cyclone
  3. (dialectal) tarn

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

  • oko in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • oko in Polish dictionaries at PWN

SecoyaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Linguistic series of the Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma, issues 5-7 (1961)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ôko/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ko

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

NounEdit

ȍko n (Cyrillic spelling о̏ко)

  1. (anatomy) eye
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PrepositionEdit

ȍko (Cyrillic spelling о̏ко) (+ genitive case)

  1. around, about, roughly, approximately
    Zaplijenjeno je oko 45 kg.Approximately 45 kg was seized.

NounEdit

oko

  1. vocative singular of oka

SionaEdit

NounEdit

oko

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968), page 181

SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

oko n (genitive singular oka, nominative plural oči, oká, genitive plural očí/očú, ôk, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. eye
  2. sprout on a potato

DeclensionEdit

#1 #2

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • oko in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SloveneEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

okọ̑ n

  1. eye
  2. sprout
  3. (dysphemistic, figuratively) watching person
  4. (cooking) hole in cheese
  5. (engineering) a hole for securing the material during lifting
InflectionEdit
  • All senses except first
First neuter declension (hard o-stem), mobile accent, -s- infix, showing signs of first Slavic palatalization
nom. sing. okọ̑
gen. sing. očẹ̑sa
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
okọ̑ očẹ̑si očẹ̑sa
genitive
rodȋlnik
očẹ̑sa očẹ̑s očẹ̑s
dative
dajȃlnik
očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama očẹ̑som, očẹ̑sam
accusative
tožȋlnik
okọ̑ očẹ̑si očẹ̑sa
locative
mẹ̑stnik
očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si očẹ̑sih, očẹ̑sah očẹ̑sih, očẹ̑sah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
očẹ̑som očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama očẹ̑si
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
okọ̑ očẹ̑si očẹ̑sa


  • First sense
First neuter declension (hard o-stem), mobile accent, -s- infix, showing signs of first Slavic palatalization, suppletive in plural, feminine in plural
nom. sing. okọ̑
gen. sing. očẹ̑sa
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
okọ̑ očẹ̑si očȋ
genitive
rodȋlnik
očẹ̑sa očī očī
dative
dajȃlnik
očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama očẹ̄m
accusative
tožȋlnik
okọ̑ očẹ̑si očȋ
locative
mẹ̑stnik
očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si očẹ́h očẹ́h
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
očẹ̑som očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama očmí
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
okọ̑ očẹ̑si očȋ
  • The dual is used when referring specifically to both eyes:
    V vojni je izgubil obe očesi.He lost both eyes in the war.


First neuter declension (hard o-stem), mobile accent, -s- infix, showing signs of first Slavic palatalization, loses the infix in plural
nom. sing. okọ̑
gen. sing. očẹ̑sa
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
okọ̑ očẹ̑si ọ̑ke
genitive
rodȋlnik
očẹ̑sa ọ̑k ọ̑k
dative
dajȃlnik
očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama ọ̑kom, ọ̑kam
accusative
tožȋlnik
okọ̑ očẹ̑si ọ̑ke
locative
mẹ̑stnik
očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si ọ̑kih, ọ̑kah ọ̑kih, ọ̑kah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
očẹ̑som očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama ọ̑ki
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
okọ̑ očẹ̑si ọ̑ke

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Serbo-Croatian ȍko.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ȏko n

  1. (only present in phrase od ȏka) eye
InflectionEdit
First neuter declension (hard o-stem), fixed accent
nom. sing. ȏko
gen. sing. ȏka
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
ȏko ȏki ȏke
genitive
rodȋlnik
ȏka ȏk ȏk
dative
dajȃlnik
ȏku, ȏki ȏkoma, ȏkama ȏkom, ȏkam
accusative
tožȋlnik
ȏko ȏki ȏke
locative
mẹ̑stnik
ȏku, ȏki ȏkih, ȏkah ȏkih, ȏkah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
ȏkom ȏkoma, ȏkama ȏki
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
ȏko ȏki ȏke

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • oko”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • oko”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Tocharian AEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Tocharian A oko (id), but through what manner is uncertain. Probably borrowed from Tocharian B to Tocharian A, in which case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (berry, fruit).

NounEdit

oko ?

  1. fruit

Tocharian BEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Tocharian A oko (id), but through what manner is uncertain. Probably a borrowing from Tocharian B to A. From there, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (berry, fruit), making it cognate with Lithuanian úoga, Russian я́года (jágoda), Old English æcern (whence English acorn), etc. Also possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (increase, grow), in which case cognate with auk- (to grow), Lithuanian augti, Latin augeo, etc.

NounEdit

oko n

  1. fruit
  2. result, effect, consequence

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “oko”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 115

TucanoEdit

NounEdit

okó

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Estudios tucanos (1979), issue 3, page 16: [oko] 'agua' /oko/
  • HG

TuyucaEdit

NounEdit

okó

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Janet Barnes, notes on Tuyuca in Tucano, in The Amazonian Languages (Robert M. W. Dixon)

WaraoEdit

PronounEdit

oko (singular iné)

  1. we, first person plural nominative pronoun
    Sina sisiko oko narutera. [1]
    With whom will we go.
    Osibu oko yabae nobotuma sina ribuae. [2]
    Some grandfathers said "we fished for morokoto".

See alsoEdit

  • (possessive) ka

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Romero-Figueroa 1997.34
  2. ^ Romero-Figueroa 1997.52-53

XhosaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ôko

  1. that; class 15 distal demonstrative.

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ôko

  1. that; class 17 distal demonstrative.

YorubaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Cognate with Igala óko, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ó-ko

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /ō.kō/

NounEdit

oko

  1. farm, field
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /ò.kò/

NounEdit

òkò

  1. stone; projectile
    Synonym: òkúta

Etymology 3Edit

From Proto-Yoruboid *ó-kó.

Some theories suggest it ultimately from o- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to meet), literally That which meets

  • This is said to come from a verb referring to a man's sexual position during sex, compare to the corresponding 'bò' "to cover" referring to that of a woman's. Compare with (to have sex), akọ (male) and ọkọ (husband).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

okó

  1. (vulgar) penis
    Synonym: kòkòrò
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Adebayo, Taofeeq (2020), “Some Diachronic Changes in Yoruba Grammar”, in Journal of West African Languages