taki

See also: tākī and takı

English

Noun

taki (plural takis)

1. Alternative form of takhi

Anagrams

• Kita, tika, Kati, Atik, kati, Kait, ikat

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːcɪ

Noun

taki n

1. indefinite dative singular of tak

Verb

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

Romanization

taki

1. Rōmaji transcription of たき

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

taki

1. such (of that kind)
   • 2018, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Paweł Pogorzelski and Psioter ôt Sziatków (Piotr Szatkowski), Małi Princ [The Little Prince], →ISBN, page 28:

     – Ón je akuratnie taki, jekiégo já chcziáł!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Norse

Verb

taki

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

Old Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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

• Masurian: taki
• Polish: taki
• Silesian: taki

Etymology 2

Back-formation from taczka. First attested in 1419.

Noun

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^[1], volume XV, page 559:

     Pro curribus al. taki

     [Pro curribus al. taki]

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “1. taki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “2. taki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ki/

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• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ta‧ki

Pronoun

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

Declension of taki (velar)

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative	taki		taka	takie	tacy	takie
genitive	takiego		takiej	takiego	takich
dative	takiemu		takiej	takiemu	takim
accusative	takiego	taki	taką	takie	takich	takie
instrumental	takim		taką	takim	takimi
locative	takim		takiej	takim	takich

Trivia

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.

Further reading

• taki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• taki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TAKI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2023 March 24
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “taki”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “taki”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “taki”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 10
• taki in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Quechua

Noun

taki

1. song, singing, music

Declension

declension of taki

	singular	plural
nominative	taki	takikuna
accusative	takita	takikunata
dative	takiman	takikunaman
genitive	takip	takikunap
locative	takipi	takikunapi
terminative	takikama	takikunakama
ablative	takimanta	takikunamanta
instrumental	takiwan	takikunawan
comitative	takintin	takikunantin
abessive	takinnaq	takikunannaq
comparative	takihina	takikunahina
causative	takirayku	takikunarayku
benefactive	takipaq	takikunapaq
associative	takipura	takikunapura
distributive	takinka	takikunanka
exclusive	takilla	takikunalla

possessive forms of taki

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	takiy	takiykuna
accusative	takiyta	takiykunata
dative	takiyman	takiykunaman
genitive	takiypa	takiykunap
locative	takiypi	takiykunapi
terminative	takiykama	takiykunakama
ablative	takiymanta	takiykunamanta
instrumental	takiywan	takiykunawan
comitative	takiynintin	takiykunantin
abessive	takiyninnaq	takiykunannaq
comparative	takiyhina	takiykunahina
causative	takiyrayku	takiykunarayku
benefactive	takiypaq	takiykunapaq
associative	takiypura	takiykunapura
distributive	takiyninka	takiykunanka
exclusive	takiylla	takiykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	takiyki	takiykikuna
accusative	takiykita	takiykikunata
dative	takiykiman	takiykikunaman
genitive	takiykipa	takiykikunap
locative	takiykipi	takiykikunapi
terminative	takiykikama	takiykikunakama
ablative	takiykimanta	takiykikunamanta
instrumental	takiykiwan	takiykikunawan
comitative	takiykintin	takiykikunantin
abessive	takiykinnaq	takiykikunannaq
comparative	takiykihina	takiykikunahina
causative	takiykirayku	takiykikunarayku
benefactive	takiykipaq	takiykikunapaq
associative	takiykipura	takiykikunapura
distributive	takiykinka	takiykikunanka
exclusive	takiykilla	takiykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	takin	takinkuna
accusative	takinta	takinkunata
dative	takinman	takinkunaman
genitive	takinpa	takinkunap
locative	takinpi	takinkunapi
terminative	takinkama	takinkunakama
ablative	takinmanta	takinkunamanta
instrumental	takinwan	takinkunawan
comitative	takinintin	takinkunantin
abessive	takinninnaq	takinkunannaq
comparative	takinhina	takinkunahina
causative	takinrayku	takinkunarayku
benefactive	takinpaq	takinkunapaq
associative	takinpura	takinkunapura
distributive	takininka	takinkunanka
exclusive	takinlla	takinkunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	takinchik	takinchikkuna
accusative	takinchikta	takinchikkunata
dative	takinchikman	takinchikkunaman
genitive	takinchikpa	takinchikkunap
locative	takinchikpi	takinchikkunapi
terminative	takinchikkama	takinchikkunakama
ablative	takinchikmanta	takinchikkunamanta
instrumental	takinchikwan	takinchikkunawan
comitative	takinchiknintin	takinchikkunantin
abessive	takinchikninnaq	takinchikkunannaq
comparative	takinchikhina	takinchikkunahina
causative	takinchikrayku	takinchikkunarayku
benefactive	takinchikpaq	takinchikkunapaq
associative	takinchikpura	takinchikkunapura
distributive	takinchikninka	takinchikkunanka
exclusive	takinchiklla	takinchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	takiyku	takiykukuna
accusative	takiykuta	takiykukunata
dative	takiykuman	takiykukunaman
genitive	takiykupa	takiykukunap
locative	takiykupi	takiykukunapi
terminative	takiykukama	takiykukunakama
ablative	takiykumanta	takiykukunamanta
instrumental	takiykuwan	takiykukunawan
comitative	takiykuntin	takiykukunantin
abessive	takiykunnaq	takiykukunannaq
comparative	takiykuhina	takiykukunahina
causative	takiykurayku	takiykukunarayku
benefactive	takiykupaq	takiykukunapaq
associative	takiykupura	takiykukunapura
distributive	takiykunka	takiykukunanka
exclusive	takiykulla	takiykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	takiykichik	takiykichikkuna
accusative	takiykichikta	takiykichikkunata
dative	takiykichikman	takiykichikkunaman
genitive	takiykichikpa	takiykichikkunap
locative	takiykichikpi	takiykichikkunapi
terminative	takiykichikkama	takiykichikkunakama
ablative	takiykichikmanta	takiykichikkunamanta
instrumental	takiykichikwan	takiykichikkunawan
comitative	takiykichiknintin	takiykichikkunantin
abessive	takiykichikninnaq	takiykichikkunannaq
comparative	takiykichikhina	takiykichikkunahina
causative	takiykichikrayku	takiykichikkunarayku
benefactive	takiykichikpaq	takiykichikkunapaq
associative	takiykichikpura	takiykichikkunapura
distributive	takiykichikninka	takiykichikkunanka
exclusive	takiykichiklla	takiykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	takinku	takinkukuna
accusative	takinkuta	takinkukunata
dative	takinkuman	takinkukunaman
genitive	takinkupa	takinkukunap
locative	takinkupi	takinkukunapi
terminative	takinkukama	takinkukunakama
ablative	takinkumanta	takinkukunamanta
instrumental	takinkuwan	takinkukunawan
comitative	takinkuntin	takinkukunantin
abessive	takinkunnaq	takinkukunannaq
comparative	takinkuhina	takinkukunahina
causative	takinkurayku	takinkukunarayku
benefactive	takinkupaq	takinkukunapaq
associative	takinkupura	takinkukunapura
distributive	takinkunka	takinkukunanka
exclusive	takinkulla	takinkukunalla

See also

• takiy

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

taki (Cyrillic spelling таки)

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

   Synonym: ubrzo

   • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Fala:

     Tak malo dobroga
     V živlenju tu se najde,
     I če je sunce čas,
     Za oblak taki zajde.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

taki

1. such (of that kind)

   Synonym: (Ciszyn) telki

2. such, so (intensifying descriptor)

   Synonym: (Ciszyn) telki

Further reading

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

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ki/

Etymology 1

From English talk.

Verb

taki

1. to talk
   • 1975, “Basya Adyuku koni”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎^[2], 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]‎^[3], 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

• takiman (“speaker, spokesman”)

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

taki

1. that

   Synonym: dati

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch tak.

Noun

taki

1. branch, stick, twig

Tongan

Noun

taki

1. leader

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian таки (taki).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

taki

1. still, anyway, nevertheless

   Synonyms: ain, aintaki

Derived terms

• aintaki

References

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