Oka

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 Swahili 2.1 Verb

English

Etymology

From Italian oca < French oque < Turkish okka < Arabic وقية wuqīye, probably through Syriac from Greek ουγκιά < Latin uncia ‘ounce, twelfth part’ < unus ‘one’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'ɒkə/

Noun

Singular oka

Plural okas

1. a unit of weight in Egypt (and formerly Turkey): 37 grams (one twelfth ratl) in Egypt, 320 grams in Aleppo, 213.39 grams in Beirut, 240 grams in Jerusalem.
2. a unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.

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Swahili

Verb

oka

1. to bakeio:oka

it:oka ja:oka sv:oka zh:oka