toki - adze, axe; champion
Toki (i), n. Adze or axe, generally made of stone, possibly sometimes of shell Ko
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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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