hoki
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori hoki (“blue grenadier”).
Noun
hoki (plural hoki)
- The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.
- 1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:
- Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
hoki (genitive hoki, partitive hokit)
- hockey (the sport)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Maori hoki (“blue grenadier”).
Noun
hoki
- blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake
- Synonym: sinihoki
Declension
| Inflection of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| accusative | nom. | hoki | hokit |
| gen. | hokin | ||
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| inessive | hokissa | hokeissa | |
| elative | hokista | hokeista | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| adessive | hokilla | hokeilla | |
| ablative | hokilta | hokeilta | |
| allative | hokille | hokeille | |
| essive | hokina | hokeina | |
| translative | hokiksi | hokeiksi | |
| abessive | hokitta | hokeitta | |
| instructive | — | hokein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “hoki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Noun
hoki (colloquial, humorous)
Declension
| Inflection of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| accusative | nom. | hoki | hokit |
| gen. | hokin | ||
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| inessive | hokissa | hokeissa | |
| elative | hokista | hokeista | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| adessive | hokilla | hokeilla | |
| ablative | hokilta | hokeilta | |
| allative | hokille | hokeille | |
| essive | hokina | hokeina | |
| translative | hokiksi | hokeiksi | |
| abessive | hokitta | hokeitta | |
| instructive | — | hokein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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See also
Etymology 3
Verb
hoki
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
hoki (usually uncountable, plural hokik)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hoki | hokik |
| accusative | hokit | hokikat |
| dative | hokinak | hokiknak |
| instrumental | hokival | hokikkal |
| causal-final | hokiért | hokikért |
| translative | hokivá | hokikká |
| terminative | hokiig | hokikig |
| essive-formal | hokiként | hokikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hokiban | hokikban |
| superessive | hokin | hokikon |
| adessive | hokinál | hokiknál |
| illative | hokiba | hokikba |
| sublative | hokira | hokikra |
| allative | hokihoz | hokikhoz |
| elative | hokiból | hokikból |
| delative | hokiról | hokikról |
| ablative | hokitól | hokiktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
hokié | hokiké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
hokiéi | hokikéi |
| Possessive forms of hoki | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hokim | hokijaim (or hokiim) |
| 2nd person sing. | hokid | hokijaid (or hokiid) |
| 3rd person sing. | hokija | hokijai (or hokii) |
| 1st person plural | hokink | hokijaink (or hokiink) |
| 2nd person plural | hokitok | hokijaitok (or hokiitok) |
| 3rd person plural | hokijuk | hokijaik (or hokiik) |
Derived terms
Compound words
Further reading
- hoki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Iban
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hoki
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
hoki (first-person possessive hokiku, second-person possessive hokimu, third-person possessive hokinya)
- hockey (the sport)
Etymology 2
From Xiamen Hokkien 福氣／福气 (hok-khì).
Pronunciation
Noun
hoki (first-person possessive hokiku, second-person possessive hokimu, third-person possessive hokinya)
- fortune; fate.
- Synonyms: peruntungan, nasib
Further reading
- “hoki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
hoki
Malay
Etymology
Noun
hoki (Jawi spelling هوکي)
Manchu
Romanization
hoki
- Romanization of ᡥᠣᡴᡳ
Rapa Nui
Adverb
hoki
- (in a direct question) not, expecting an affirmative answer
Usage notes
Placed in the beginning of a direct question. Same idea as "isn't it" in the English phrase It's sunny, isn't it?
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hoki (n class, plural hoki)
- hockey, field hockey
- Synonym: mpira wa magongo