toku

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

English

Noun

toku (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) Clipping of tokusatsu.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoku]

Noun

toku

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈto.ku/

Verb

toku

1. to cross over

Conjugation

Conjugation of toku

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totoku	fotoku	mitoku
2nd person		notoku	nitoku
3rd person	masculine	otoku	itoku yotoku (archaic)
	feminine	motoku
	neuter	itoku

References

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

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈto.ku]
• 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
	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
	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
	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
	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^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 394