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oki
oki
Alabama
Noun
oki
References
- Indian Place Names in Alabama (1984, ISBN 081730231X), page 12: "the source of this name is Alabama oki, “water,” […] "
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qoti, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qeti (compare Maori oti, Tongan ʻosi, Fijian oti, Indonesian henti).
Verb
oki
Koasati
Etymology
Noun
okí
References
- Geoffrey D. Kimball's 1994 Koasati Dictionary (ISBN: 0803227264)
Mikasuki
Noun
oki
References
- Publications of the Alabama Historical Society (1901), page 405: [a certain placename] "signifies "bubbling, boiling water" from Hitchiti oki water;"