roki

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

rokiCategory:Ido non-lemma forms#ROKICategory:Ido noun forms#ROKICategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#ROKICategory:Pages with entries#ROKICategory:Pages with 4 entries#ROKI

  1. plural of roko

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#ROKICategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#ROKI *loki (“enclosed area” – compare with Hawaiian loʻi “taro patch, paddy field”, Rarotongan roki and Tahitian roʻi “bed”, Tongan loki and Samoan loʻi “room”) from Proto-OceanicCategory:Māori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#ROKICategory:Māori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#ROKI *logi (“partitioned area”).[1][2][3] Adjective sense may have evolved from "enclosing ~ containing" > "securing" > "calming". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Māori entries#ROKI

Pronunciation

Verb

roki (usually reduplicated as rokiroki)Category:Māori lemmas#ROKICategory:Māori verbs#ROKICategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#ROKICategory:Pages with entries#ROKICategory:Pages with 4 entries#ROKI

  1. to secure, to keep intact
  2. to store, to contain
  3. to preserve
  4. to make calm, to make safe

Noun

roki (usually reduplicated as rokiroki)Category:Māori lemmas#ROKICategory:Māori nouns#ROKICategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#ROKICategory:Pages with entries#ROKICategory:Pages with 4 entries#ROKI

  1. any enclosed area
    1. store

Adjective

rokiCategory:Māori lemmas#ROKICategory:Māori adjectives#ROKICategory:Māori entries with incorrect language header#ROKICategory:Pages with entries#ROKICategory:Pages with 4 entries#ROKI

  1. calm, tranquil
  2. settled

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “loki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ↑ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 57
  3. ↑ Kirch, Patrick V.; Lepofsky, Dana (January 1993), “Polynesian Irrigation: Archaeological and Linguistic Evidence for Origins and Development”, in Asian Perspectives, volume 32, number 2, pages 192-5

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “roki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 402
  • “roki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

roki nCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#ROKICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#ROKICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ROKICategory:Pages with entries#ROKICategory:Pages with 4 entries#ROKI

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of rok

Verb

rokiCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#ROKICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk past participles#ROKICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#ROKICategory:Pages with entries#ROKICategory:Pages with 4 entries#ROKI

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of rykaCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk past participles#ROKI

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

roki m inanCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#ROKICategory:Polish noun forms#ROKICategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#ROKICategory:Pages with entries#ROKICategory:Pages with 4 entries#ROKI

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of rok

Usage notes

Used only for certain dialectal or archaic meanings.

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