different between ourie vs oukie

English

Adjective

ourie (comparative more ourie, superlative most ourie)

1. (Scotland) Chill; having the sensation of cold; drooping; shivering.
2. (Scotland) Bleak; melancholy.
   • Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" (BURNS, ROBERT [1759-1796], Scottish poet)

     Familiar with all the seasons he represents the phases of a northern winter with a frequency characteristic of his clime and of his fortunes; her tempests became anthems in his verse, and the sounding woods "raise his thoughts to Him that walketh on the wings of the wind"; full of pity for the shelterless poor, the "ourie cattle," the "silly sheep," and the "helpless birds," he yet reflects that the bitter blast is not "so unkind as man's ingratitude."

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans outjie, via Namibian German Oukie.

Noun

oukie (plural oukies)

1. (South Africa and Namibia) guy; man
   • 1962, Jeremy Taylor, Ag Pleez Deddy (song)

     If you won't take us to the zoo / Then what the heck else can we do / But go on out and moere all the oukies next door

See also

• Okie