See also: tākī and takı

English edit

Noun edit

taki (plural takis)

  1. Alternative form of takhi

Anagrams edit

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

taki n

  1. indefinite dative singular of tak

Verb edit

taki

  1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of taka
  2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of taka
  3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of taka

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

taki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たき

Masurian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtaki]
  • Syllabification: ta‧ki

Pronoun edit

taki

  1. such (of that kind)

Old Norse edit

Verb edit

taki

  1. third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive of taka

Old Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /takiː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /taki/

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *takъ. First attested in 1360.

Pronoun edit

taki

  1. such (of that kind)
  2. the following (that which is listed below)
  3. such, so (intensifying descriptor)
  4. some, certain, a (of something unidentified)
Descendants edit
  • Masurian: taki
  • Polish: taki
  • Silesian: taki

Etymology 2 edit

Back-formation from taczka. First attested in 1419.

Noun edit

taki nvir pl

  1. Augmentative of taczka
    • 1874 [1419], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume XV, page 559:
      Pro curribus al. taki
      [Pro curribus al. taki]

References edit

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ki/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: ta‧ki

Pronoun edit

taki

  1. such (of that kind)
  2. such, so (intensifying descriptor)
  3. (colloquial) that (a specific object or person and not another)
    Synonym: ten
  4. (colloquial) a type of, some

Declension edit

Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), taki is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 274 times in scientific texts, 71 times in news, 240 times in essays, 281 times in fiction, and 575 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1441 times, making it the 27th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “taki”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 594

Further reading edit

Quechua edit

Noun edit

taki

  1. song, singing, music

Declension edit

See also edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Adverb edit

taki (Cyrillic spelling таки)

  1. (Kajkavian) soon, within a short time, quickly
    Synonym: ubrzo

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: ta‧ki

Pronoun edit

taki

  1. such (of that kind)
    Synonym: (Ciszyn) telki
  2. such, so (intensifying descriptor)
    Synonym: (Ciszyn) telki

Further reading edit

  • taki in dykcjonorz.eu
  • taki in silling.org

Sranan Tongo edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From English talk.

Verb edit

taki

  1. to talk
    • 1975, “Basya Adyuku koni”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam[5], New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
      A krabdagu taki: - Angri e kiri mi ba. A di mi si yu e nyan, ne mi kon.
      Adyuku taki: - We san mi e nyan, mi no sabi efu yu sa nyan en. Na kasaba dokun mi tyari. Efu yu sa nyan en, dan mi sa gi yu.
      The crab-eating raccoon said: 'I'm starving, brother. When I saw that you're eating, I came over immediately.
      Adyuku said: 'I say, I don't know whether you'll want to eat what I'm eating. I brought cassava duckanoo. If you'll eat it, then I'll give it to you.
    • 2005, Nyun-Grontapuvertaling fu den Kresten Griki Buku fu Bijbel [New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures]‎[6], Brooklyn, NY: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Acts of the Apostles, chapter 26, verse 24:
      Di Paulus kaba taki gi ensrefi, Festus taki nanga wan tranga sten: „Yu e kon law, Paulus! Den kefalek sani di yu leri e law yu!”
      When Paul was done speaking up for himself, Festus said with a loud voice: “You lost your mind, Paul! The great things you learnt are driving you insane!”
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction edit

taki

  1. that
    Synonym: dati

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Dutch tak.

Noun edit

taki

  1. branch, stick, twig

Tongan edit

Noun edit

taki

  1. leader

Votic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian таки (taki).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑki/, [ˈtɑkʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑki
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ki

Adverb edit

taki

  1. still, anyway, nevertheless
    Synonyms: ain, aintaki

References edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “taki”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn