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toki - adze, axe; champion

Toki (i), n. Adze or axe, generally made of stone, possibly sometimes of shell Ko page 434 nga toki i taraia ai enai waka he toki pounamu (T. 69). [For descriptions of the various forms and uses of toki ‖ Bul. No. 4, particularly ch. iii.]

tokitoki. 1. n. Alectryon excelsum, a tree. = titoki.

2. A wooden implement for digging fern root, and for cultivating.

3. v.t. Chop.

4. Earth up, loosen the earth in a cultivation.

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Toki (ii) = tiki, v.t. Fetch. Tokina te Rangi-tu-mamao.

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Toki (iii), tokitoki, ad. Altogether, without exception.

tokitoki. 1. a. Very calm. Tokitoki ana tera te moana; koi ngaru, koi aha.

2. n. Anas chlorotis, brown duck.

3. Podiceps rufopectus, dabchick, little grebe. ‖ taihoropi, taratimoho, tokitokipia. weiweia.

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Toki (iv) —

whakatoki, v.t. Leave exposed to the dew, etc.; bleach.

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He toki tāu.
You have an axe.
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Ko te toki e tuaina nei e ia te rākau he toki pounamu.
The axe with which he is cutting down the tree is a greenstone axe.

Kei hea te kakau o te toki?
Where’s the handle of the axe?

Kāhore i a Hau te toki.
Hau does not (did not) have the axe (an axe).

Kāhore āna toki.
He has no axes (axe).

Me ē ai ana he toki māku
If there were an axe for me

He toki a Tūmanako ki te tākaro poitūkohu.
Tūmanako is an expert at playing basketball.

Nāku te toki e takoto nā.
The axe lying there by you belongs to me.

Ko Tūmanako te toki hākinakina o tōna whānau.
Tūmanako is the sports champion of his family

He toki ki te tākaro poitūkohu me te pā whutupōro.
He is a champion at playing basketball and touch rugby.

Hōmai he toki māku
Give me an axe

Kei a Pita te toki, ināianei.
Peter has the axe now.

I a Pita te toki, inanahi.
Peter had the axe yesterday.

Hei a Pita te toki, āpōpō.
Peter will have the axe tomorrow.

Ka tīmata te hoki whakamuri o te toki.
The axe began its return stroke.

He koi tēnei toki.
This axe is sharp.

Ehara tēnei toki i te koi.
This axe is not sharp.

Kāore i te koi te toki nei.
This axe is not sharp.

he toki tino nui
a very big axe

Ka tōpea te rākau ki te toki.
The tree is chopped down with the axe.

Ka tōpea te rākau e te tangata ki te toki.
The tree was cut down by the man with the axe.

Ko Hari mā ngā tāne nā rātou ngā toki.
Hari and the others are the men who own the axes.

Kua porongia te rākau e ia ki te toki.
He has felled the tree with the axe.

I tāraia te waka ki te toki pounamu.
The canoe was carved with a jade adze.

Nāku te toki + e hīangaia nā.
The axe + being sharpened.

Nāku te toki + e takoto nā.
The axe lying there (by you) belongs to me.

= He toki tāku
You (two) have shotguns

Nāku te toki + e whakakoi nā e koe.
The axe you are sharpening there belongs to me.

Ko ngā toki i tāraia ai ēnei waka, ko Hauhau-te-Rangi, ko Tūtauru.
The adzes with which these canoes were shaped were Hauhau-te-Rangi and Tūtauru.

Ko te toki e tuaina nei e ia te rākau, he toki pounamu.
The axe with which he is cutting down the tree is a greenstone axe.

E tuaina ana e ia te rākau ki te toki.
He is cutting down the tree with the axe.

He koi tēnei toki? (He koi ranei te toki nei?)
Is this axe sharp?

Tāna toki.
His axe.

Tapahi-a ki te toki kia hinga ki te wai.
Cut him down with an axe so that he falls into the sea.

Haere ki te kāinga ki te tiki atu i te toki.
Go home and fetch the axe.

He koi tāna toki.
His axe is sharp.

He koi rānei tāna toki?
Is his axe sharp?

He koi rānei te toki nei?
Is this axe sharp?

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