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)

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").

• (anatomy): okamžik m, očividný m, okatý m, oční m, očitý svědek m, očnice f, očař m, mít oči jako dvě studánky, mít oči pro někoho, házet po někom očima, padnout do oka, babočka paví oko
• oko za oko, zub za zub

• 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

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