toki

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See also: Toki, Tóki, Tọki, töki, tǿki, and токи

English

Etymology

From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki).

Pronunciation

Noun

toki (plural tokis)

  1. The Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon.
    • 1934, Frederic de Garis, Atsuharu Sakai, We Japanese, page 354:
      The Toki or Japanese crested ibis (ibis nippon) is an almost extinct kind of bird resembling the heron.
    • 1988, Look Japan, volume 34, page 118:
      The few remaining toki live on Sado Island in Japan and in China.
    • 2015, T. Turner, Japan Travel Guide 2017:
      Sado is home of the Toki (Japanese Crested Ibis), however there are no wild Ibis left in Sado

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

From the suffix -toki.

Pronunciation

Noun

toki inan

  1. place
    Synonym: leku
  2. position
  3. surroundings

Declension

Declension of toki (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive toki tokia tokiak
ergative tokik tokiak tokiek
dative tokiri tokiari tokiei
genitive tokiren tokiaren tokien
comitative tokirekin tokiarekin tokiekin
causative tokirengatik tokiarengatik tokiengatik
benefactive tokirentzat tokiarentzat tokientzat
instrumental tokiz tokiaz tokiez
inessive tokitan tokian tokietan
locative tokitako tokiko tokietako
allative tokitara tokira tokietara
terminative tokitaraino tokiraino tokietaraino
directive tokitarantz tokirantz tokietarantz
destinative tokitarako tokirako tokietarako
ablative tokitatik tokitik tokietatik
partitive tokirik
prolative tokitzat

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “-toki”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 348

Further reading

Faroese

Noun

toki

  1. dative singular indefinite of tok

Fijian

Noun

toki

  1. booty, spoils (of war)
  2. trophy

Noun

toki (tokitoki) (reduplicative form)

  1. migration
  2. removal of or the act of removing one's goods from one's home

Verb

toki

  1. to remove one's goods from one's home

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish dock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoki/,
  • Rhymes: -oki
  • Syllabification(key): to‧ki
  • Hyphenation(key): to‧ki

Adverb

toki

  1. sure, certainly
    Autan toki.
    Sure, I'll help.

Interjection

toki

  1. certainly, by all means, sure

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

toki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とき
  2. Rōmaji transcription of トキ

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toki.

Noun

toki

  1. axe

Mapudungun

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Polynesian *toki. Compare Rapa Nui toki.

Noun

toki (Raguileo spelling)

  1. Mapuche leader during times of war, commander.
  2. Ceremonial axe of power.
  3. axe

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Ternate toki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ki/
  • Hyphenation: to‧ki

Verb

toki

  1. to knock
  2. to bang

Derived terms

O'odham

Noun

toki

  1. cotton
  2. cotton plant

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ki/
  • Rhymes: -ɔki
  • Syllabification: to‧ki

Noun

toki m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tok

Shona

Etymology

From English turkey.

Noun

tokí class 9 (plural tokí class 10)

  1. turkey
    Synonym: garikuni

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

toki

  1. (intransitive) to knock (on a door, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of toki
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totoki fotoki mitoki
2nd person notoki nitoki
3rd
person
masculine otoki itoki
yotoki (archaic)
feminine motoki
neuter itoki

Descendants

  • North Moluccan Malay: toki

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tokelauan

Te toki (1).
Te toki (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toki. Cognates include Hawaiian koʻi and Samoan to'i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: to‧ki

Noun

toki

  1. axe
  2. adze

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 393

Tongan

E toki (1).
E toki (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toki. Cognates include Hawaiian koʻi and Niuean toki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈto.ki/
  • Hyphenation: to‧ki

Noun

toki

  1. axe
  2. adze

References

  • Bilingual Dictionary for ESL Beginners, New South Wales Department of Education and Training, 2001, →ISBN, page 4

Yami

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (toki, time).

Noun

toki

  1. watch
  2. time