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

ei eller eit okle

Alternative forms

• okla (some southern dialects, feminine)
• hukku, håkkå (dialectal, feminine)
• Okkel, Okkaal, Okkul, Høkul, Høkkel (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 indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural 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 indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural 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.

Derived terms

• oklekul

References

• “okle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kole, loke, lóke, lòke