ok

See also: Ok, OK, -ok, ók, òk, ők, and Appendix:Variations of "ok"

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English

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: o‧k

Audio: (file)

Adjective

ok

(informal) Alternative letter-case form of OK

Anagrams

KO, Ko, ko

Bimin

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ok/

Noun

ok

water

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈok]
Audio: (file)

Noun

ok

genitive plural of oko

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse haukr, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, Cognate with Swedish hök.

Noun

ok m

hawk

Declension

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Declension of ok

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ok	oken	oker	okär
accusative	ok	otjin	oka	oką
dative	otje	otjem	okum	okum(e)
genitive	—	otjemes	—	okumes

Esperanto

**Esperanto numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: ok Ordinal: oka Adverbial: oke Multiplier: okobla, okopa Fractional: okona, okono

Etymology

From Latin octo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ok/
Audio: (file)

Numeral

ok

eight (8)

Derived terms

okangulo (“octagon”)
oko (“a group or set of eight”)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoːʰk/
Rhymes: -oːʰk

Noun

ok n (genitive singular oks, plural ok)

yoke

Declension

Declension of ok
n3	singular		plural
n3	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ok	okið	ok	okini
accusative	ok	okið	ok	okini
dative	oki	okinum	okum	okunum
genitive	oks	oksins	oka	okanna

Garo

Etymology

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

Noun

ok

(anatomy) belly, stomach

German Low German

Alternative forms

auk, ock, ohk, ook

Etymology

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon ōk, like German auch.

Adverb

ok

also; and also

Hungarian

Etymology

From the obsolete dialectal okik (“to learn a lesson, to be edified”), itself from a Turkic language.^[1] Compare Kyrgyz угуу (uguu, “to hear, to understand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈok]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ok

Noun

ok (plural okok)

cause
Holonyms: okság, ok-okozati viszony

Coordinate terms: következmény, okozat
reason, motive
Synonym: indok

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ok	okok
accusative	okot	okokat
dative	oknak	okoknak
instrumental	okkal	okokkal
causal-final	okért	okokért
translative	okká	okokká
terminative	okig	okokig
essive-formal	okként	okokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	okban	okokban
superessive	okon	okokon
adessive	oknál	okoknál
illative	okba	okokba
sublative	okra	okokra
allative	okhoz	okokhoz
elative	okból	okokból
delative	okról	okokról
ablative	októl	okoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	oké	okoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	okéi	okokéi

Possessive forms of ok
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	okom	okaim
2nd person sing.	okod	okaid
3rd person sing.	oka	okai
1st person plural	okunk	okaink
2nd person plural	okotok	okaitok
3rd person plural	okuk	okaik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning

Compound words with this term at the end

Related terms

References

^ ok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔːk/
Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

ok n (genitive singular oks, nominative plural ok)

yoke

Declension

Declension of ok (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ok	okið	ok	okin
accusative	ok	okið	ok	okin
dative	oki	okinu	okum	okunum
genitive	oks	oksins	oka	okanna

Synonyms

klafi

Ido

**Ido numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: ok Ordinal: okesma Adverbial: okfoye Multiplier: okopla Fractional: okima

Etymology

From Esperanto ok, from Latin octo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

ok

eight (8)

Iwam

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ok/

Noun

ok

water

Synonyms

op

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ok.

Noun

ok

arrow

References

N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ok”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Lacandon

Noun

ok

foot

Mandobo Atas

Noun

ok

water

Mandobo Bawah

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oq/

Noun

ok

water

References

Randy Lebold, Ronald Kriens, Yunita Susanto, A report on the Bamgi, Kia, and Lower Digul River language survey in Papua, Indonesia (2013, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2013-008, 1-52), page 40

Marshallese

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [wokʷ]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /wekʷ/
Bender phonemes: {wȩkʷ}

Noun

ok

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mohawk

Particle

ok

and...

References

Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 83

Mokilese

Verb

ok

to burn

Derived terms

koahok

References

Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Ninggerum

Noun

ok

water

North Muyu

Noun

ok f

water (in a well)

Noun

ok m

water (drawn, e.g. out of well)
sap (in fruits)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ók.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːk/

Verb

ok

past tense of ake

Etymology 2

Noun

ok n (plural oket)

(pre-1938) alternative form of åk

Anagrams

k.o., KO

Old Norse

Alternative forms

auk (ᛅᚢᚴ (auk))

Etymology 1

From earlier auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Cognate with Old English ēac, Old Frisian āk, Old Saxon ōk, Old High German ouh, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk).

Conjunction

ok (runic script ᚢᚴ)

and
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ok.

Descendants

Icelandic: auk, og
Faroese: og
Norwegian Nynorsk: og, au, aug; (dialectal) ok, auk, ug
- → Norwegian Bokmål: au
Jamtish: og
Elfdalian: og
Old Swedish: ok, oc, och, ogh
- Swedish: och, ock
Old Danish: oc
- Danish: og
  - Norwegian Bokmål: og
→ Middle English: oc, ok
- ⇒ Scots: okname, ockname

Adverb

ok

also, too

Descendants

Icelandic: og
Norwegian Nynorsk: òg
Norwegian Bokmål: òg
Swedish: ock

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Noun

ok n (genitive oks, plural ok)

yoke

Declension

Declension of ok (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ok	okit	ok	okin
accusative	ok	okit	ok	okin
dative	oki	okinu	okum	okunum
genitive	oks	oksins	oka	okanna

Related terms

eykr m (“draft animal”)
eyki n (“vehicle, cart”)
oka (“to yoke”)

Descendants

Icelandic: ok
Faroese: ok
Norwegian: åk
Old Swedish: uk, ok
- Swedish: ok
Danish: åg
Elfdalian: uok
Gutnish: uk

References

“ok2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

References

“ok”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *auk.

Adverb

ōk

also, too

Descendants

Middle Low German: ôk
- Dutch Low Saxon: ok, ook
- German Low German: ok, auk, ock, ohk, ook
- Plautdietsch: uk

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

oc, ock, och

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ok.

Conjunction

ok (runic script ᚢᚴ)

and

Adverb

ok

also, too

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ok.

Alternative forms

uk

Noun

ok n

yoke

Declension

Declension of ok (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ok	okit	ok	okin
accusative	ok	okit	ok	okin
dative	oki, oke	okinu, okeno	okum, okom	okumin, okomen
genitive	oks	oksins	oka	okanna

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔk/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔk
Syllabification: ok

Noun

ok n

genitive plural of oko (some meanings)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈkej/ [oˈkeɪ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈkɐj/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈkej/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈkej/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈke/

Interjection

ok

Alternative letter-case form of OK

Noun

ok m (plural oks)

Alternative letter-case form of OK

South Muyu

Noun

ok

water

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

ok

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Doublet of zygot.

Noun

ok n

a yoke (wooden bar used to connect two oxen by their shoulders)
a yoke (wooden bar placed over the shoulders, used to carry for example buckets)
(figuratively) a yoke, a burden
under oket av outhärdligt förtryck
under the yoke of unbearable oppression

Vintern lägger sig som ett tungt ok på våra axlar
Winter descends like a heavy yoke on our shoulders

lyfta oket från någons axlar
lift the yoke from someone's shoulders
a yoke (part of a shirt draped over the shoulders)

Declension

Declension of ok

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ok	oks
singular	definite	oket	okets
plural	indefinite	ok	oks
plural	definite	oken	okens

Derived terms

bromsok

Etymology 2

Conjunction

ok

Alternative form of och

Adverb

ok

Alternative form of ock

References

Anagrams

ko

Tocharian B

Numeral

ok

Alternative form of okt (“eight”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوق, from Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”). Compare Old Turkic 𐰸 (ok, “arrow”).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

ok (definite accusative oku, plural oklar)

arrow

Derived terms

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 194

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Conjunction

ok

only, to

Volapük

Pronoun

ok

oneself

Declension

declension of ok

	singular	plural
nominative	ok	oks
genitive	oka	okas
dative	oke	okes
accusative	oki	okis

Wambon

Noun

ok

water

Wastek

Noun

ok

heat

References

wordlist

Yessan-Mayo

Alternative forms

okw

Noun

ok m

water

References

Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN
transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 (as okw)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʔoːkᴰ (“to exit”). Cognate with Thai ออก (ɔ̀ɔk), Northern Thai ᩋᩬᨠ, Lao ອອກ (ʼǭk), Lü ᦀᦸᧅᧈ (˙ʼoak¹), Shan ဢွၵ်ႇ (ʼàuk), Ahom 𑜒𑜨𑜀𑜫 (ʼok). Perhaps related to Chinese 屙 (ē).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔoːk˧˥/
Tone numbers: ok⁷
Hyphenation: ok

Verb

ok (Sawndip forms 𭃀 or ⿰出悪 or 𫫇 or 恶 or 𫫇 or 𫥫 or 屋 or 跒 or ⿰出屋 or 喔 or 𡁮 or 沃, 1957–1982 spelling ok)

to exit
ok ranz
to leave the house
to provide; to give
to excrete
to produce; to make
to sprout; to put forth; to bud
to occur; to happen; to come up
to exceed; to go over
to present; to put forth; to raise; to pose
to issue; to release
to publish

[1] Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

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Bimin

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Elfdalian

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Esperanto

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Faroese

Etymology

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Garo

Etymology

Noun

German Low German

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Etymology

Adverb

Hungarian

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Icelandic

Etymology

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Noun

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Ido

Etymology

Numeral

Iwam

Pronunciation

Noun

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Further reading

Karaim

Etymology

Noun

References

Lacandon

Noun

Mandobo Atas

Noun

Mandobo Bawah

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Marshallese

Pronunciation

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Mohawk

Particle

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Mokilese

Verb

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Ninggerum

Noun