okro

English

Noun

okro (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of okra.
   • 1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 213:

     Ojinika seemed to have forgotten all about her and was engrossed in arranging her okro in little lots on the mat.

Sranan Tongo

Okro

Etymology

Maybe from English ochroe (alternative form of "okra" in the Caribbean).

Noun

okro

1. okra
   • 2002, “A dei di mi bron misrefi”, in SIL - Languages of Suriname‎^[1]:

     A ben de so taki wan dei mi mama ben bori okro.

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