Oke1 Definition

ōk
noun
In Turkey, Egypt, and other countries of the Near East, a unit of weight equal to about 234 lb (1.3 kilograms)
Webster's New World

(South Africa, slang) Man; guy; bloke.

Wiktionary
Advertisement
interjection

OK.

Webster's New World
Advertisement

Other Word Forms of Oke<sup>1</sup>

Noun

Singular:
oke1
Plural:
okes

Origin of Oke<sup>1</sup>

  • Turkish okka, from Arabic أوقية (Å«qÄ«ya), وقية (wiqÄ«ya), probably from Ancient Greek οὐγκία (ounkia, “an ounce"), from Latin uncia.

    From Wiktionary

  • Afrikaans

    From Wiktionary

Oke<sup>1</sup> Sentence Examples

  • The oke, equalling 2.8 lb avoirdupois, and the donum, about 4 of an acre, are the chief units.

  • The Yoruba-speaking peoples generalized the spirits of mountain and hill into Oke, god of heights; and the multitude of local sea-gods on the western half of the slave coast was fused into one god of the Ocean, Olokun.

  • In Iune the bayte that breedeth in an olde fallen oke, and the great canker.

Related Articles

Advertisement

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to oke<sup>1</sup> using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

OOKOKE

Words Ending With

EKEOKE

Unscrambles

oke<sup>1</sup>

Words Starting With O and Ending With >

Starts With O & Ends With EStarts With OK & Ends With EStarts With O & Ends With KE

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With O3 Letter Words Ending With E