doki
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the title of the game, Doki Doki Literature Club!.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊ.ki/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊ.ki/
- Rhymes: -əʊki
- Hyphenation: do‧ki
- Homophones: Doki, Dhoki
Noun
doki (plural dokis)
- (fandom slang) Any of the female characters from the visual novel video game Doki Doki Literature Club!, that is, Monika, Natsuki, Sayori, and Yuri.
- I feel like most people resonate with at least one quality from each of the Dokis to a degree.
- Everybody knows Natsuki is objectively the best doki.
Related terms
Hausa
Etymology
Cognate with Ngizim dū̀kà, Mangas badoki, Miya dùwakə, Duwai dùwək, Bole dṑwì, Ngamo dò, Karekare dṑku, Bura takù.
Pronunciation
Noun
dōkī̀ m (feminine gōɗìyā, plural dawākī, possessed form dōkìn)
Derived terms
- dokin Allah
- dokin caca
- dokin ƙofa
- dokin ruwa
- dokin wuya
Descendants
- → Nupe: dòkò
Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping and -i diminutive of doktor (“doctor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdoki]
- Hyphenation: do‧ki
Noun
doki (plural dokik)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | doki | dokik |
| accusative | dokit | dokikat |
| dative | dokinak | dokiknak |
| instrumental | dokival | dokikkal |
| causal-final | dokiért | dokikért |
| translative | dokivá | dokikká |
| terminative | dokiig | dokikig |
| essive-formal | dokiként | dokikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | dokiban | dokikban |
| superessive | dokin | dokikon |
| adessive | dokinál | dokiknál |
| illative | dokiba | dokikba |
| sublative | dokira | dokikra |
| allative | dokihoz | dokikhoz |
| elative | dokiból | dokikból |
| delative | dokiról | dokikról |
| ablative | dokitól | dokiktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
dokié | dokiké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
dokiéi | dokikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | dokim | dokijaim (or dokiim) |
| 2nd person sing. | dokid | dokijaid (or dokiid) |
| 3rd person sing. | dokija | dokijai (or dokii) |
| 1st person plural | dokink | dokijaink (or dokiink) |
| 2nd person plural | dokitok | dokijaitok (or dokiitok) |
| 3rd person plural | dokijuk | dokijaik (or dokiik) |
Further reading
- doki in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).
Latvian
Noun
doki m
- nominative/vocative plural of doks
Mokilese
Etymology
From dok (“to stab”) + -i (transitive marker)
Verb
doki
- (transitive) to stab (something)