okka

English

Etymology

From Turkish okka.

Noun

okka (plural okkas)

  1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of oka.

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ɔk.kɑ/

Etymology 1

Either form Old Norse okkar, genitive of the first-person dual personal pronoun vit, or from Old Norse okkarr, possessive determiner of the same. Some of the other dialectal variants owe their -n to the Old Norse accusative masculine singular form okkarn. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *unkeraz.

Alternative forms

Determiner

okka

  1. (dialectal) our
    • 1999, Arnt Olav Klippenberg, Det e løye me det, [Egersund]: Dalane tidene, page 13:
      Han sko holda konsert å va innom å såg revyen okka.
      He came in briefly and saw our revue.
    • 1995, Tobias Skretting, Mellom frendar, [Nærbø]: T. Skretting, page 32:
      [D]ei gamle heidenske skikkane og truene [levde] vidare like opp til okka tid[.]
      The old heathen practices and beliefs survived up until our time.
    • c. 1700, Sigurd Kolsrud, quoting Jacob Rasch, “Eldste nynorske bibeltekst: Jacob Rasch c. 1700”, in Syn og Segn, volume 56, published 1950, page 110:
      fre a Gud okka far aa Jesu Christo den herræ.
      peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Usage notes
  • Dialects which use this word as the first-person plural possessive determiner (and pronoun), normally also use a variant of okke as their first-person oblique pronoun. Both of them hail from the dual inflection of Old Norse personal pronouns.

Pronoun

okka

  1. (dialectal) ours
    okka e best ― ours is best

See also
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Cf. with interjection okk.

Alternative forms
  • okke (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

okka (present tense okkar, past tense okka, past participle okka, passive infinitive okkast, present participle okkande, imperative okka/okk)

  1. (reflexive) to complain, gruntle, to whine
    Synonym: akka

References
  • “okka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “okka”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka).

Noun

okka

  1. (units of measure) Synonym of kilogram.
  2. (historical units of measure) An oka, a former Turkish unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
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