toh

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See also: t'oh, to̍h, and tòh

English

Etymology

From Hokkien 倒 (tó, “to fall down, to collapse, to go bankrupt”).

Pronunciation

Verb

toh (invariable)

  1. (Singlish, intransitive) To collapse (fail or break down internally); to fall asleep or collapse from exhaustion.
    • 2016 August 25, @AARON__SIM, Twitter‎:
      Wa I want Toh already
    • 2023 March 16, Mephist0pheLes, “If Credit Suisse toh, will have impact as big as Lehmann brothers?”, in HardwareZone Forums‎:
      If it toh, short term the mkt will be scare sh1tless, but i dont think there will be a domino effect

Translations

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoh/
  • Hyphenation: toh

Pronoun

tóh

  1. that, those (feminine)

See also

Afar demonstrative pronouns
masculine feminine
proximal to the speaker(s) áh táh
proximal to the spoken to amáh tamáh
distal wóh tóh
very distal wóttih

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Baba Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 桌 (toh, tok, “table”).

Noun

toh

  1. table (furniture)

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of toh – see 桌 (“table; desk; stand; table; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 桌).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔh/
  • Hyphenation: toh

Etymology 1

From Dutch toch, from Middle Dutch toch, alteration of doch, from Middle Dutch doch, from Old Dutch thoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.

Conjunction

toh

  1. moreover, after all, see lagipula, lagian

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦃ (toh), from Old Javanese twah (“birthmark”).

Noun

toh

  1. dark birthmark, such as mole

Further reading

Italian

Interjection

toh

  1. Alternative spelling of to'

Javanese

Romanization

toh

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦺꦴꦃ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz, whence also Old High German zāh.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tōh

  1. tough

Declension

Declension of tōh — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tōh tō tōh
Accusative tōne, tōnne tō tōh
Genitive tōs tōre, tōrre tōs
Dative tōm, tōum tōre, tōrre tōm, tōum
Instrumental tō tōre, tōrre tō
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tō tō tō
Accusative tō tō tō
Genitive tōra, tōrra tōra, tōrra tōra, tōrra
Dative tōm, tōum tōm, tōum tōm, tōum
Instrumental tōm, tōum tōm, tōum tōm, tōum
Declension of tōh — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tō tō tō
Accusative tōn tōn tō
Genitive tōn tōn tōn
Dative tōn tōn tōn
Instrumental tōn tōn tōn
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tōn tōn tōn
Accusative tōn tōn tōn
Genitive tōra, tōrra, tōna tōra, tōrra, tōna tōra, tōrra, tōna
Dative tōm, tōum tōm, tōum tōm, tōum
Instrumental tōm, tōum tōm, tōum tōm, tōum

Descendants

  • Middle English: touȝ, togh

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀuq (“to store, put away; to place a bet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

toh

  1. pledge, stake: That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "toh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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