oko

oko

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Old Korean.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Korean terms

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)

Inherited from Old Czech oko, from Proto-Slavic *oko.

• IPA^(key): [ˈoko]

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• Hyphenation: oko

oko n (diminutive očko)

1. (anatomy) eye

   zmizet z očí ― to disappear from sight

   Otevřela oči. ― She opened her eyes.

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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “oko”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “oko”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• 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”)

Playing cards in Esperanto · ludkartoj (layout · text)
aso	duo	trio	kvaro	kvino	seso	sepo
oko	naŭo	deko	fanto, bubo	damo	reĝo	ĵokero

oko

1. home

Cognates include Fon kò, Adja eko (“clay-like soil”)

• kò

• IPA^(key): /ō.kò/

okò (plural okò lɛ́ or okò lẹ́)

1. clay

Cognates include Fon ko, Saxwe Gbe oko

• ko

• IPA^(key): /ō.kō/

oko

1. twenty

oko

1. twenty

	19 fɔtɔ̀n-nùkún-ɛnɛ̀, fọtọ̀n-nùkún-ẹnẹ̀	20	21 ko-nùkún-ɖòkpó, ko-nùkún-dòpó
cardinal number	oko, ko
ordinal number	okotɔ́, okotọ́

oko

1. Rōmaji transcription of おこ

Kari'na cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : oko

From Proto-Cariban *atjôkô.

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [oːko]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [oʔko]

oko (nominalized okono)

1. two

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 107
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “oko”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 330; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 323

oko

1. water

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

oko

1. pine

oko

1. (obsolete) past plural of aka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈoko/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈoko/

oko n

1. eye
2. sight, look, gaze
3. round formation on an object; hole; spot resembling an eye
4. bulge on a plant resembling an eye

• Czech: oko

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “oko”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔkɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔkɔ/

oko n

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) eye
   • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie‎^[4], Miechów, page dv 13:

     Videle ocy moy zbauene tuoie

     Widziele oczy moi zbawienie twoje

2. (in the dual) front of a person; frontside
   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[5], page 820:

     Y odvyazaly gy od slupa, a obroczyvschy gy grzebyetem ku slupv y vzyąly yemv rącze opak albo za szye, y czyagnąly tako sylnye aze oblapyl slup vschythek, yako pyrvey oczyma byl przyvyązan

     [I odwiązali ji od słupa a obrociwszy ji grzebietem ku słupu i wzięli jemu ręce opak albo zasie i ciągnęli ji tako silnie, aże obłapił słup wszytek, jako pirwej oczyma był przywiązan]

3. (figuratively) cognition (ability to reason)
   • 1874-1891 [Middle of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[6], [7], [8]}, volume XXII, page 244:

     Darmo podnossy swe oko na wydzenye boga, gen gescze sam syebye poznacz a wydzecz nye umyege

     [Darmo podnosi swe oko na widzenie Boga, jen jeszcze sam siebie poznać a widzieć nie umieje]

4. (attested in Masovia) hole in a net
   • 1879 [1416], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis‎^[9], Masovia, page 76:

     Sex rethe de suberibus bonis valencia dorcas venare, que ad longitudinem XXX passuum vlg. szø[ż]yene ne nayedrzonech debent habere, et XIIII oculos vlg. na *dztyrnacze ok

     [Sex rethe de suberibus bonis valencia dorcas venare, que ad longitudinem XXX passuum vlg. są[ż]enie nie najedrzonych debent habere, et XIIII oculos vlg. na cztyrnacie ok]

• Polish: oko
• Silesian: ôko

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “oko”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “oko”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “oko”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish oko.

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• Rhymes: -ɔkɔ
• Syllabification: o‧ko

oko n (diminutive oczko, augmentative oczysko)

1. (countable, anatomy) eye (vision organ)

   Synonym: źrenica

   Twoje oczy są piękne. ― Your eyes are beautiful.

2. (uncountable, colloquial) sight (ability to see)

   Synonym: wzrok

3. (chiefly in the plural) eyes (gaze, manner of looking)

   Synonym: spojrzenie

4. (countable) eye (manner of seeing that expresses one's emotions i.e. through art)
5. (uncountable) eye (supervision or guarding)
6. (countable) eye (anything round)
7. (countable) eye (part of a camera)

   Synonyms: ślepie, ślepię

8. (obsolete, countable) unit of weight equal to three pounds
9. (obsolete, uncountable) presence, countenance
10. (Middle Polish, games) point on a game die
11. (Middle Polish) eye (colorful circle on a peacock's tail)
12. (Middle Polish, botany) bud of a shoot of a plant transplanted to another plant

    Hypernym: pączek

Note: ócz and oczów are rare or archaically stylistic.

oko n

1. (chiefly in the plural) layer of fat or lard on top of a liquid
2. (countable) hole of a net
3. (uncountable, card games) blackjack

   Synonym: blackjack

4. (uncountable, sailing, colloquial) observation duty on the bow of a ship
5. (uncountable, sailing, colloquial) sailor performing such a duty
6. (countable, meteorology) eye of a cyclone
7. (dialectal) tarn
8. shiny surface of water
9. (Near Masovia) part of a rod holding a ladder to a wagon (luśnia which is placed at the end of the axis

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), oko is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 7 times in news, 14 times in essays, 158 times in fiction, and 84 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 295 times, making it the 171st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

• oko in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oko in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “oko”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “OKO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12 July 2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “oko”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “oko”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “oko”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 737
• oko in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “oko”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 366

• 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

ȍko n (Cyrillic spelling о̏ко)

1. (anatomy) eye

• “oko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “oko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “oko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

ȍko (Cyrillic spelling о̏ко) [with genitive]

1. around, about, roughly, approximately

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

• “oko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “oko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oko

1. vocative singular of oka

oko

1. water

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔkɔ]

• Audio:

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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

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Declension of oko singular plural nominative oko oči genitive oka očí, očú dative oku očiam accusative oko oči locative oku očiach instrumental okom očami	Declension of oko singular plural nominative oko oká genitive oka ôk dative oku okám accusative oko oká locative oku okách instrumental okom okami

• “oko”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

• IPA^(key): /ɔkóː/

okọ̑ n

1. eye
2. sprout
3. (dysphemistic, figuratively) watching person
4. (cooking) hole in cheese
5. (engineering) a hole for securing the material during lifting

• All senses except first

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , mobile accent, -s- infix, showing signs of first Slavic palatalization
nom. sing.	okọ̑
gen. sing.	očẹ̑sa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	očẹ̑sa
genitive rodȋlnik	očẹ̑sa	očẹ̑s	očẹ̑s
dative dajȃlnik	očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si	očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama	očẹ̑som, očẹ̑sam
accusative tožȋlnik	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	očẹ̑sa
locative mẹ̑stnik	očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si	očẹ̑sih, očẹ̑sah	očẹ̑sih, očẹ̑sah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	očẹ̑som	očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama	očẹ̑si
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	očẹ̑sa

• First sense

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , mobile accent, -s- infix, showing signs of first Slavic palatalization, suppletive in the plural, feminine in the plural
nom. sing.	okọ̑
gen. sing.	očẹ̑sa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	očȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	očẹ̑sa	očī	očī
dative dajȃlnik	očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si	očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama	očẹ̄m
accusative tožȋlnik	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	očȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si	očẹ́h	očẹ́h
instrumental orọ̑dnik	očẹ̑som	očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama	očmí
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	očȋ

• The dual is used when referring specifically to both eyes:

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

• Obsolete or regional

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , mobile accent, -s- infix, showing signs of first Slavic palatalization, loses the infix in the plural
nom. sing.	okọ̑
gen. sing.	očẹ̑sa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	ọ̑ke
genitive rodȋlnik	očẹ̑sa	ọ̑k	ọ̑k
dative dajȃlnik	očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si	očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama	ọ̑kom, ọ̑kam
accusative tožȋlnik	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	ọ̑ke
locative mẹ̑stnik	očẹ̑su, očẹ̑si	ọ̑kih, ọ̑kah	ọ̑kih, ọ̑kah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	očẹ̑som	očẹ̑soma, očẹ̑sama	ọ̑ki
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	okọ̑	očẹ̑si	ọ̑ke

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ȍko.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ́ːkɔ/

ȏko n

1. (only present in phrase od ȏka) eye

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	ȏko
gen. sing.	ȏka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	ȏko	ȏki	ȏke
genitive rodȋlnik	ȏka	ȏk	ȏk
dative dajȃlnik	ȏku, ȏki	ȏkoma, ȏkama	ȏkom, ȏkam
accusative tožȋlnik	ȏko	ȏki	ȏke
locative mẹ̑stnik	ȏku, ȏki	ȏkih, ȏkah	ȏkih, ȏkah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	ȏkom	ȏkoma, ȏkama	ȏki
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	ȏko	ȏki	ȏke

• uhọ̑

• “oko”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “oko”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

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

oko

1. child; kid

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 to Yanomamö oko.

oko (unclassified holonym; singulative oko a, dual oko kipë, plural oko pë)

1. crab

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[10], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115

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. 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