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tokotoko

Japanese

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Romanization

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tokotoko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とことこ

Maori

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Etymology

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Reduplication of toko (see Hawaiian koʻokoʻo) fron Proto-Polynesian *toko (compare with Samoan toʻo, Hawaiian koʻo)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *tokon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təkən (“bamboo punting pole, to press downward”) (compare with Malay tekan, Tagalog tikin).

Noun

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tokotoko

  1. walking stick, cane
  2. crutch
  3. staff

Verb

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tokotoko

  1. to prop up
  2. to walk with a cane or crutch, to crutch
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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 527-9
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