Wiktionary

tokotoko

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

tokotoko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とことこ

Maori edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

tokotoko

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

Verb edit

tokotoko

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

Related terms edit

References edit

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