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

		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.

Derived terms

• oklekul

References

• “okle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kole, loke, lóke, lòke