tokotoko

Japanese

Romanization

tokotoko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とことこ

Māori

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtokotoko/ [ˈtɔkɔtɔkɔ]

Noun

tokotoko

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

Verb

tokotoko

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

References

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

Further reading

  • “tokotoko” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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