tuke

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See also: tukę and Tuke

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

tuke

  1. (Litovska) dative of tu

Declension

Farefare

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tu.ke/

Verb

tuke

  1. to drive

Finnish

Etymology

tukkia +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtukeˣ/,
  • Rhymes: -uke
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧ke
  • Hyphenation(key): tu‧ke

Noun

tuke

  1. Any material used to create a clog; a block.

Declension

Inflection of tuke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation)
nominative tuke tukkeet
genitive tukkeen tukkeiden
tukkeitten
partitive tuketta tukkeita
illative tukkeeseen tukkeisiin
tukkeihin
singular plural
nominative tuke tukkeet
accusative nom. tuke tukkeet
gen. tukkeen
genitive tukkeen tukkeiden
tukkeitten
partitive tuketta tukkeita
inessive tukkeessa tukkeissa
elative tukkeesta tukkeista
illative tukkeeseen tukkeisiin
tukkeihin
adessive tukkeella tukkeilla
ablative tukkeelta tukkeilta
allative tukkeelle tukkeille
essive tukkeena tukkeina
translative tukkeeksi tukkeiksi
abessive tukkeetta tukkeitta
instructive tukkein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tuke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tukkeeni tukkeeni
accusative nom. tukkeeni tukkeeni
gen. tukkeeni
genitive tukkeeni tukkeideni
tukkeitteni
partitive tukettani tukkeitani
inessive tukkeessani tukkeissani
elative tukkeestani tukkeistani
illative tukkeeseeni tukkeisiini
tukkeihini
adessive tukkeellani tukkeillani
ablative tukkeeltani tukkeiltani
allative tukkeelleni tukkeilleni
essive tukkeenani tukkeinani
translative tukkeekseni tukkeikseni
abessive tukkeettani tukkeittani
instructive
comitative tukkeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tukkeesi tukkeesi
accusative nom. tukkeesi tukkeesi
gen. tukkeesi
genitive tukkeesi tukkeidesi
tukkeittesi
partitive tukettasi tukkeitasi
inessive tukkeessasi tukkeissasi
elative tukkeestasi tukkeistasi
illative tukkeeseesi tukkeisiisi
tukkeihisi
adessive tukkeellasi tukkeillasi
ablative tukkeeltasi tukkeiltasi
allative tukkeellesi tukkeillesi
essive tukkeenasi tukkeinasi
translative tukkeeksesi tukkeiksesi
abessive tukkeettasi tukkeittasi
instructive
comitative tukkeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tukkeemme tukkeemme
accusative nom. tukkeemme tukkeemme
gen. tukkeemme
genitive tukkeemme tukkeidemme
tukkeittemme
partitive tukettamme tukkeitamme
inessive tukkeessamme tukkeissamme
elative tukkeestamme tukkeistamme
illative tukkeeseemme tukkeisiimme
tukkeihimme
adessive tukkeellamme tukkeillamme
ablative tukkeeltamme tukkeiltamme
allative tukkeellemme tukkeillemme
essive tukkeenamme tukkeinamme
translative tukkeeksemme tukkeiksemme
abessive tukkeettamme tukkeittamme
instructive
comitative tukkeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tukkeenne tukkeenne
accusative nom. tukkeenne tukkeenne
gen. tukkeenne
genitive tukkeenne tukkeidenne
tukkeittenne
partitive tukettanne tukkeitanne
inessive tukkeessanne tukkeissanne
elative tukkeestanne tukkeistanne
illative tukkeeseenne tukkeisiinne
tukkeihinne
adessive tukkeellanne tukkeillanne
ablative tukkeeltanne tukkeiltanne
allative tukkeellenne tukkeillenne
essive tukkeenanne tukkeinanne
translative tukkeeksenne tukkeiksenne
abessive tukkeettanne tukkeittanne
instructive
comitative tukkeinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuke₂ (“angle” – compare with Tahitian tuʻe “to kick, to impel” and tuʻetuʻe “to oppose, to resist”, Mangarevan tuke “elbow, heel”, Tongan tuke “knuckle”)[1][2]

Noun

tuke

  1. elbow
  2. bend, angle
    Synonym: whatīanga
  3. cubit, measurement from elbow to fingertip[3]

Verb

tuke

  1. to twitch
    Synonyms: hura, rika
  2. to jerk
    Synonym: rutu
  3. to nudge

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 547
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tuke.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Te Aomania Te Koha, Farzana Masouleh (2020) Ngā Inenga Māori: A Preliminary Study on Māori Measurement, Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand, page 10

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tuke”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 527-8
  • tuke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.