2. invalid, sick person.
3. oven.
4. (noun) Squalus lebruni and S. Griffini, dogfish.
5. (adjective) ill, ailing.
oke
1. (loan) (noun) oak, oak tree, Quercus spp.
Synonyms: ōki
oke
1. (verb) (-a) to be eager, struggle, writhe, strive, fight for, battle for, keep going.
Ka oke rā pea i konā a Matuku. Oke noa, hei aha i te taura e nanati rā i te korokoro (M 2006:342). / Matuku really struggled there. He struggled in vain but the rope tightened around his throat.
Koirā te pai o Winitana, ahakoa ngā whakahē a ngā tāngata whaimana tonu, ka oke tonu ia i tana oke (HKK 1999:36). / That's the good thing about Winstone, despite the criticisms of important people, he keeps on keeping on.
Synonyms: kia kaha
2. (noun) struggling, wriggling, writhing.
Ā, kua uru atu te upoko ki roto, ka tīmata te oke o Matuku (M 2006:342). / And then his head went into it and Matuku's writhing began.
e oke ([koe]) i [tō] oke
1. you do what you want, go on then and do it, go ahead then, go for it, please yourself, you think you're on to it, go on then go and do your thing - an idiom to support or criticise someone's proposed action or idea. It sometimes implies that the person won't listen to advice but will find out eventually from his/her mistakes.
Pare: E mau koe ki tāu, ka mau tonu hoki au ki tāku. Rangi: Ā kāti, e oke koe i tō oke (HKK 1999:59). / Pare: You stick to what you're doing and I'll stick to what I'm doing. Rangi: OK then, you do what you want.
Synonyms: hoea tō waka
