Oke vs Eke - What's the difference?
oke | eke |
(historical, or, obsolete) A Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.
(South Africa, slang) man; guy; bloke
* 1998 , Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book (page 106)
* 2005 , Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex
To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.
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(beekeeping, archaic) A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.
(obsolete) Also.
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As nouns the difference between oke and eke
is that oke is a Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs while eke is an addition.As a verb eke is
to increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.As an adverb eke is
also.oke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) okka,"oke." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online)"oka."Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).'' Random House, Inc. 2009. from (etyl) , from (etyl) ''uncia .
Noun
(en noun)References
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- An oke meets up with his ex-wife at a party. After a few dops, he puts his arm around her and suggests they go to bed. 'Over my dead body,' she snarls at him. He downs his drink and says, 'I see you haven't changed.'
- I had initiated an African ritual by giving the pipe to him. And you can never stay befuck with an oke you smoke nchangu with.
Anagrams
* ----eke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(ek)- Here endlesse penance for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeance new / Thou biddest me to eeke ?
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- 'Tis false: for Arthur wore in hall / Round-table like a farthingal, / On which, with shirt pull'd out behind, / And eke before, his good knights dined.
- 'John Gilpin was a citizen / of credit and renown / A train-band captain eke was he / of famous London town.'