toki

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

English

Etymology

From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊki/, /ˈtoʊki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊki, -oʊki

Noun

toki (plural tokis)

1. The Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon.
   • 1934, Frederic de Garis, Atsuharu Sakai, We Japanese‎^[1], page 354:

     The Toki or Japanese crested ibis (ibis nippon) is an almost extinct kind of bird resembling the heron.

   • 1988, Look Japan‎^[2], volume 34, page 118:

     The few remaining toki live on Sado Island in Japan and in China.

   • 2015, T. Turner, Japan Travel Guide 2017‎^[3]:

     Sado is home of the Toki (Japanese Crested Ibis), however there are no wild Ibis left in Sado[.]

Anagrams

• koti

Basque

Etymology

From the suffix -toki.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /toki/ [t̪o.ki]
• Rhymes: -oki, -i
• Hyphenation: to‧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	—	—

Derived terms

• toki egin (“to leave”)
• toki eman
• tokia hartu
• tokia hustu
• tokialdaketa
• tokialdatu (“to change positions”)
• tokian tokiko
• tokian-tokian
• tokiaren gainean
• tokika
• tokiko (“local”)
• tokikotasun (“localness”)
• tokikotu
• tokiratu
• tokitsu (“spacious”)
• tokitu (“to place”)
• tokiz kanpo (“out of place”)

Further reading

• “toki”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “toki”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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/, [ˈt̪o̞k̟i]
• Rhymes: -oki
• 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

• “toki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• itko, koit, koti

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

• tatoki

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.ki]

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): [ˈto.ki]
• Hyphenation: to‧ki

Noun

toki

1. axe
2. adze

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[5], 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^[6], New South Wales Department of Education and Training, 2001, →ISBN, page 4

Yami

Etymology

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

Noun

toki

1. watch
2. time