toku

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See also: tóku, toků, tōku, tökű, and току

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

toku

  1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of tok

English

Noun

toku (uncountable)

  1. (fandom slang) Clipping of tokusatsu.

Japanese

Romanization

toku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とく

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Mi'kmaq tgu, Penobscot tə̀ko.

Noun

toku anim (plural tokuwiyik/tokuwihik/tokuwok, possessed 'tokuwimol, locative tokuk, diminutive tokuwis)

  1. wave (in the ocean, a lake etc...)

References

  • Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “toku”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tòku f (definite singular tòko, indefinite plural tòkur, definite plural tòkune)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of toke

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ku/
  • Rhymes: -ɔku
  • Syllabification: to‧ku

Noun

toku m inan

  1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of tok

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

toku (Cyrillic spelling току)

  1. dative/locative singular of tok

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

toku

  1. to cross over

Conjugation

Conjugation of toku
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totoku fotoku mitoku
2nd notoku nitoku
3rd Masculine otoku itoku, yotoku†
Feminine motoku
Neuter itoku
† - archaic

References

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

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: to‧ku

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *te-o-ku. Cognates include Hawaiian koʻu and Samoan lo'u.

Determiner

toku

  1. (inalienable, definite) my
See also
Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) toku,
tota1 		to māua to mā to mātou oku,
ota1 		o māua o mā o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― to tāua to tā to tātou ― o tāua o tā o tātou
2nd person tō toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to lā to lātou ona o lāua o lā o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) taku,
tata1 		ta māua ta mā ta mātou aku,
ata1 		a māua a mā a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ta tāua ta tā ta tātou ― a tāua a tā a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta lā ta lātou ana a lāua a lā a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) hoku,
hota1 		ho māua ho mā ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1 		ni o māua ni o mā ni o mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ho tāua ho tā ho tātou ― ni o tāua ni o tā ni o tātou
2nd person hō houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho lā ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o lā ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person (excl.) haku,
hata1 		ha māua ha mā ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1 		ni a māua ni a mā ni a mātou
1st person (incl.) ― ha tāua ha tā ha tātou ― ni a tāua ni a tā ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha lā ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a lā ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

Etymology 2

Verb

toku

  1. (intransitive) to slacken off

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 394
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