okle

See also: ökle

Gun

Etymology

Cognate with Adja ŋkeke, Saxwe Gbe oklo, Ewe ŋkeke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ō.klē/

Noun

okle (Nigeria)

  1. day
    Antonym: ozan

Mikasuki

Noun

okle

  1. village
  2. town

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • okla (some southern dialects, feminine)
  • hukku, håkkå (dialectal, may be not etymologically related)
  • Okkel, Okkaal, Okkul (dialectal masculine variants listed by Aasen)

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫkla n. Compare Icelandic ökkli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɔk.lə/

Noun

okle f or n (definite singular okla or oklet, indefinite plural okler or okle, definite plural oklene or okla)

  1. (anatomy) an ankle (joint between leg and foot)
    Synonym: ankel

Inflection

Historical inflection of okle
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
19171 okle n oklet okle okla, okli
19382, 3 okle f or n okla; oklet okler [oklor]; okle oklene [oklone]; okla [okli]
20123 (current) okle f or n okla; oklet okler; okle oklene; okla
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. 1Form introduced as an alternative to okla n. 2Alternative form okla n was made non-standard. 3Alternative form [okla] f was introduced in 1983, then later removed in 2012.
Historical inflection of okla
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1, 2 Okla n Okla Oklo Oklo
19383 – – – –
1983 [okla] f okla okler [oklor] oklene [oklone]
20123 (current) – – – –
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2In 1917, an alternative form okle n was introduced. 3Superseded by okle f or n.

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