okka

English

Etymology

From Turkish okka.

Noun

okka (plural okkas)

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

Anagrams

• koka

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

• aakan, okkons, kons, kans

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^[1] (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.