hoki

See also: hōki, høki, ħoki, and Hōki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

Noun

hoki (plural hoki)

1. The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.

Anagrams

• Hiko, hoik

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoki/, [ˈho̞ki]
• Rhymes: -oki
• Syllabification^(key): ho‧ki

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Maori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

Noun

hoki

1. blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake

   Synonym: sinihoki

Declension

Inflection of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		hoki	hokit
genitive		hokin	hokien
partitive		hokia	hokeja
illative		hokiin	hokeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hoki	hokit
accusative	nom.	hoki	hokit
	gen.	hokin
genitive		hokin	hokien
partitive		hokia	hokeja
inessive		hokissa	hokeissa
elative		hokista	hokeista
illative		hokiin	hokeihin
adessive		hokilla	hokeilla
ablative		hokilta	hokeilta
allative		hokille	hokeille
essive		hokina	hokeina
translative		hokiksi	hokeiksi
instructive		—	hokein
abessive		hokitta	hokeitta
comitative		—	hokeineen

Possessive forms of hoki (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hokini	hokimme
2nd person	hokisi	hokinne
3rd person	hokinsa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hockey.

Noun

hoki

1. (colloquial, humorous) ice hockey

   Synonyms: jääkiekko, (colloquial) lätkä

Declension

Inflection of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		hoki	hokit
genitive		hokin	hokien
partitive		hokia	hokeja
illative		hokiin	hokeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hoki	hokit
accusative	nom.	hoki	hokit
	gen.	hokin
genitive		hokin	hokien
partitive		hokia	hokeja
inessive		hokissa	hokeissa
elative		hokista	hokeista
illative		hokiin	hokeihin
adessive		hokilla	hokeilla
ablative		hokilta	hokeilta
allative		hokille	hokeille
essive		hokina	hokeina
translative		hokiksi	hokeiksi
instructive		—	hokein
abessive		hokitta	hokeitta
comitative		—	hokeineen

Possessive forms of hoki (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hokini	hokimme
2nd person	hokisi	hokinne
3rd person	hokinsa

See also

• maahockey

Etymology 3

Verb

hoki

1. third-person singular past indicative of hokea

Anagrams

• khoi, kiho

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoki]
• Hyphenation: ho‧ki
• Rhymes: -ki

Noun

hoki (uncountable)

1. (sports, colloquial) hockey

   Synonyms: jégkorong, jéghoki

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hoki	—
accusative	hokit	—
dative	hokinak	—
instrumental	hokival	—
causal-final	hokiért	—
translative	hokivá	—
terminative	hokiig	—
essive-formal	hokiként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hokiban	—
superessive	hokin	—
adessive	hokinál	—
illative	hokiba	—
sublative	hokira	—
allative	hokihoz	—
elative	hokiból	—
delative	hokiról	—
ablative	hokitól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	hokié	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	hokiéi	—

Further reading

• hoki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoki]
• Hyphenation: ho‧ki

Noun

hoki (first-person possessive hokiku, second-person possessive hokimu, third-person possessive hokinya)

1. hockey (the sport)

Etymology 2

From Amoy 福氣／福气 (hok-khì).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoki]
• Hyphenation: ho‧ki

Noun

hoki (first-person possessive hokiku, second-person possessive hokimu, third-person possessive hokinya)

1. fortune; fate.

   Synonyms: peruntungan, nasib

Further reading

• “hoki” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

hoki

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほき
2. Rōmaji transcription of ホキ

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Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English hockey

Noun

hoki (Jawi spelling هوکي‎)

1. (sports) hockey

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Manchu

Romanization

hoki

1. Romanization of ᡥᠣᡴᡳ

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Rapa Nui

Adverb

hoki

1. (in a direct question) not, expecting an affirmative answer

Usage notes

Placed in the beginning of a direct question. Same idea as "isn't it" in the English phrase It's sunny, isn't it?