oko

oko

1. water
2. rain

• oko sohe
• oko uhu
• kuma oko

• 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"

oko

1. water

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

oko

1. water

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈoko]

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• Hyphenation: oko

oko n

1. (anatomy) eye

   Otevřela oči. ― She opened her eyes.

   zmizet z očí ― to disappear from sight

2. (card games) twenty-one, pontoon
3. tarn
4. eye (center of a storm)

• 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").

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

• IPA^(key): [òkò][1][2]

oko

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

ok (“8”) +‎ -o (“noun”)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈoko]
• Rhymes: -oko
• Hyphenation: o‧ko

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

• bitoko (“byte”)

oko

1. two

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

oko

1. home

oko

1. Rōmaji transcription of おこ

oko

1. water

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

oko

1. pine

oko

1. (obsolete) past plural of aka

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

oko n

1. eye

• Czech: oko

• “oko”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023

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

oko n

1. eye

• Polish: oko

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “oko”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔkɔ
• Syllabification: o‧ko

oko n (diminutive oczko, augmentative oczysko)

1. (anatomy) eye

Note: ócz and oczów are rare

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

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

• oco

oko

1. water

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

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

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

ȍko n (Cyrillic spelling о̏ко)

1. (anatomy) eye

ȍko (Cyrillic spelling о̏ко) (+ genitive case)

1. around, about, roughly, approximately

   Zaplijenjeno je oko 45 kg. ― Approximately 45 kg was seized.

oko

1. vocative singular of oka

oko

1. water

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔkɔ/

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

• očný
• očisko

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔkóː/

okọ̑ n

1. eye
2. sprout on a potato

This noun has two plural forms, which are used in different situations:

• When talking about the eyes in anatomical sense, the 2nd plural is used:

  Oči me bolijo. ― My eyes hurt.

  Pajki imajo osem oči. ― The spiders have eight eyes.

• In other cases, where the word "oko" means other things (for example: "oko" meaning "a sprout on a potato"; or "kurje oko" meaning "a callus"), the normal plural is used.
• The dual is used when referring specifically to both eyes:

  V vojni je izgubil obe očesi. ― He lost both eyes in the war.

• “oko”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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”).

oko ?

1. fruit

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.

oko n

1. fruit
2. result, effect, consequence

• okotstse (“fruitful”)

• 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

okó

1. water

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

okó

1. water

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

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".

• (possessive) ka

• Focus, chapter 8: Warao and Urarina

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

• IPA^(key): [ôːko]

ôko

1. that; class 15 distal demonstrative.

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

• IPA^(key): [ôːko]

ôko

1. that; class 17 distal demonstrative.

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

IPA^(key): /ō.kō/

oko

1. farm, field

IPA^(key): /ò.kò/

òkò

1. stone; projectile

   Synonym: òkúta

From Proto-Yoruboid *ó-kó.

Some theories suggest it ultimately from o- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kò (“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 dó (“to have sex”), akọ (“male”) and ọkọ (“husband”).

• IPA^(key): /ō.kó/

okó

1. (vulgar) penis

   Synonym: kòkòrò

• òbò

• ọkùnrin

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