Oke vs Okeh - What's the difference?
oke | okeh |
(historical, or, obsolete) A Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.
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(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
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As a noun oke
is a Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.As an interjection okeh is
alternative form of OK.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
* ----okeh
English
Interjection
(en interjection)citation, genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=87 , passage="Look it up in the latest dictionary," suggested the President. And here is part of what was found: O.K.—a humorous or ignorant spelling of should be "okeh ," from the Choctaw language meaning, "It is so" ...}} :* {{quote-book , year=1919 , year_published=2011 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author= , title=Journal of the American Bankers Association: Volume 11 , chapter=
citation, genre= , publisher=University of Minnesota , isbn= , page=631 , passage="Once the public knows that all 'good' securities must be 'okehed'' by a state official of the state wherein they are offered to the public, and the '''''okeh verified by a local banker, …}} :* {{quote-book , year=1921 , year_published=2006 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=Joseph P. Tumulty , title=Woodrow Wilson as I know Him , chapter=Chapter XIV, Wilson and the Old Guard
citation, genre= , publisher=Echo Library , isbn=9781406811315 , page=67 , passage= … how deeply the progressive element in the Democratic party throughout the country might misunderstand and even resent his putting his "okeh " on the candidacy of the Illinois leader for the senatorship, …}} :* {{quote-book , year=1967 , year_published=1979 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=James Jones , title=Go to the Widowmaker , chapter= , url= , genre=Fiction , publisher=Random House , isbn=9780440129424 , page= , passage="Well, since Ron ain't goin, why don't you come on and go along with us two, Susie?" / "Okeh ," Susie grinned. "Why not?"}}
References
* Grammar of the Choctaw language, ed. by D. G. Brinton, 1870, p20,okeh* {{cite web , last =Fay , first =Jim, Ph.D. , authorlink = , coauthors = , date = 2009-06-16 , year = Revised , month = , url =http://www.illinoisprairie.info/chocokeh.htm , title =The Choctaw Expression "Okeh" and the Americanism "Okay" , format =HTML , work = , pages = , publisher = , language =English , accessdate =2012-01-16 , accessyear = }}
