toki

toki

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

English

Etymology

From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊki/, /ˈtoʊki/

• Audio (Berkshire, UK)

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• Rhymes: -əʊki, -oʊki

Noun

toki (plural tokis)

1. The Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon.
   • 1934, Frederic de Garis and 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

• koti

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Basque

Etymology

From the suffix -toki.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toki/, [t̪o̞.ki]

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	—	—

References

1. “-toki” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

• "toki" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “toki” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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Fijian

Noun

toki

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

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

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish dock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoki/, [ˈt̪o̞ki]
• Rhymes: -oki
• Syllabification^(key): to‧ki

Adverb

toki

1. sure, certainly

   Autan toki.

   Sure, I'll help.

Interjection

toki

1. certainly, by all means, sure

Anagrams

• itko, koit, koti

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Japanese

Romanization

toki

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

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Maori

Noun

toki

1. axe

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Mapudungun

Noun

toki (Raguileo spelling)

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

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O'odham

Noun

toki

1. cotton
2. cotton plant

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

toki m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tok

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Shona

Etymology

From English turkey.

Noun

tokí class 9 (plural tokí class 10)

1. turkey

   Synonym: garikuni

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.ki]

Verb

toki

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of toki
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totoki	fotoki	mitoki
2nd	notoki	nitoki
3rd	Masculine	otoki	itoki, yotoki†
Feminine	motoki
Neuter	itoki
† - archaic

References

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

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Tokelauan

Te toki (1).

Te toki (2).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

toki

1. axe
2. adze

References

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

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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

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Yami

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 時 (toki, “time”).

Noun

toki

1. watch
2. time