hoki
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
English hoki
Borrowed from Māori hoki (“blue grenadier”).
Noun
hoki (plural hoki)
- The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.
- 1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times[2]:
- Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
hoki (genitive hoki, partitive hokit)
- hockey (the sport)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoki/, [ˈho̞k̟i]
- Rhymes: -oki
- Syllabification(key): ho‧ki
- Hyphenation(key): ho‧ki
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Māori hoki (“blue grenadier”).
Noun
hoki
- blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake
- Synonym: sinihoki
Declension
| Inflection of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| accusative | nom. | hoki | hokit |
| gen. | hokin | ||
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| inessive | hokissa | hokeissa | |
| elative | hokista | hokeista | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| adessive | hokilla | hokeilla | |
| ablative | hokilta | hokeilta | |
| allative | hokille | hokeille | |
| essive | hokina | hokeina | |
| translative | hokiksi | hokeiksi | |
| abessive | hokitta | hokeitta | |
| instructive | — | hokein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “hoki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
Noun
hoki (colloquial, humorous)
Declension
| Inflection of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hoki | hokit | |
| accusative | nom. | hoki | hokit |
| gen. | hokin | ||
| genitive | hokin | hokien | |
| partitive | hokia | hokeja | |
| inessive | hokissa | hokeissa | |
| elative | hokista | hokeista | |
| illative | hokiin | hokeihin | |
| adessive | hokilla | hokeilla | |
| ablative | hokilta | hokeilta | |
| allative | hokille | hokeille | |
| essive | hokina | hokeina | |
| translative | hokiksi | hokeiksi | |
| abessive | hokitta | hokeitta | |
| instructive | — | hokein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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See also
Etymology 3
Verb
hoki
- third-person singular past indicative of hokea
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
Borrowed from English horse. The sense of "infertile" is probably derived from the fact that mules are an infertile crossbreed of horses and asses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈho.ki/, [ˈho.ti]
Noun
hoki
Verb
hoki
Derived terms
Further reading
- hoki in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhoki]
- Hyphenation: ho‧ki
- Rhymes: -ki
Noun
hoki (usually uncountable, plural hokik)
- (sports, informal) hockey
- (slang) jacking off (male masturbation)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hoki | hokik |
| accusative | hokit | hokikat |
| dative | hokinak | hokiknak |
| instrumental | hokival | hokikkal |
| causal-final | hokiért | hokikért |
| translative | hokivá | hokikká |
| terminative | hokiig | hokikig |
| essive-formal | hokiként | hokikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hokiban | hokikban |
| superessive | hokin | hokikon |
| adessive | hokinál | hokiknál |
| illative | hokiba | hokikba |
| sublative | hokira | hokikra |
| allative | hokihoz | hokikhoz |
| elative | hokiból | hokikból |
| delative | hokiról | hokikról |
| ablative | hokitól | hokiktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
hokié | hokiké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
hokiéi | hokikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | hokim | hokijaim (or hokiim) |
| 2nd person sing. | hokid | hokijaid (or hokiid) |
| 3rd person sing. | hokija | hokijai (or hokii) |
| 1st person plural | hokink | hokijaink (or hokiink) |
| 2nd person plural | hokitok | hokijaitok (or hokiitok) |
| 3rd person plural | hokijuk | hokijaik (or hokiik) |
Derived terms
- hokis
- hokizik
Compound words
- görhoki
- gyephoki
- hokibajnokság
- hokibot
- hokicsapat
- hokijátékos
- hokikapu
- hokikorcsolya
- hokiliga
- hokimeccs
- hokimérkőzés
- hokipálya
- hokiszövetség
- hokiütő
- jéghoki
- vízihoki
Further reading
- hoki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Iban
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʊkɪ/
Noun
hoki
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhoki/ [ˈho.ki]
- Rhymes: -oki
- Syllabification: ho‧ki
Etymology 1
Noun
hoki (plural hoki-hoki)
- hockey (the sport)
Hyponyms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hokkien 福氣／福气 (hok-khì).
Noun
hoki (plural hoki-hoki)
- fortune; fate
- Synonyms: nasib, peruntungan
Derived terms
- berhoki
- kehokian
- pehoki
Further reading
- “hoki”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Japanese
Romanization
hoki
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoki/ [ˈho.ki]
- Rhymes: -oki
- Hyphenation: ho‧ki
Noun
hoki (Jawi spelling هوکي, uncountable)
Manchu
Romanization
hoki
- romanization of ᡥᠣᡴᡳ
Māori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Oceanic *poki (“to return” – compare with Tongan foki and Samoan foʻi; plus Fijian voki “[of the wind] to blow in a different direction”, vuki “to change direction” and tavuki “to capsize [of a boat]”). [1] May also be related to poki “to overtake (of a boat), to cover with a upside down lid” and popoki “to turn something upside down” through said Proto-Oceanic root. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
hoki (passive hokia)
- (intransitive) to return
Derived terms
Adverb
hoki
References
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
hoki
- The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.
Further reading
- Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hoki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 67–8
- John C. Moorfield (2011), “hoki”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index[4], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
Rapa Nui
Adverb
hoki
- (in a direct question) not, expecting an affirmative answer
Usage notes
Placed in the beginning of a direct question. Same idea as "isn't it" in the English phrase It's sunny, isn't it?
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
hoki class IX (plural hoki class X)
- hockey, field hockey
- Synonym: mpira wa magongo