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Japanese
Romanization
tokotoko
- Rōmaji transcription of とことこ
Maori
Etymology
Reduplication of toko (see Hawaiian koʻokoʻo) fron Proto-Polynesian *toko (compare with Samoan toʻo, Hawaiian koʻo) from Proto-Oceanic *tokon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təkən (“bamboo punting pole, to press downward”) (compare with Malay tekan, Tagalog tikin).
Noun
tokotoko
- walking stick, cane
- crutch
- staff
Verb
tokotoko
- to prop up
- to walk with a cane or crutch, to crutch
Related terms
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 527-9