taki

See also: tākī and takı

English

Noun

taki (plural takis)

  1. Alternative form of takhi

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːcɪ

Noun

taki n

  1. indefinite dative singular of tak

Verb

taki

  1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of taka
  2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of taka
  3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of taka

Japanese

Romanization

taki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たき

Old Norse

Verb

taki

  1. third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive of taka

Old Polish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *takъ. First attested in 1360.

Pronoun

taki

  1. such (of that kind)
  2. the following (that which is listed below)
  3. such, so (intensifying descriptor)
  4. some, certain, a (of something unidentified)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from taczka. First attested in 1419.

Descendants

  • Polish: taki

Noun

taki nvir

  1. Augmentative of taczka.
    • 1419, Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, published 1874, page 559:
      Pro curribus al. taki

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish taki, from Proto-Slavic *takъ. First attested in 1360.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ki/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: ta‧ki

Pronoun

taki

  1. such (of that kind)
  2. such, so (intensifying descriptor)
  3. (colloquial) that (a specific object or person and not another)
    Synonym: ten
  4. (colloquial) a type of, some

Declension

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), taki is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 274 times in scientific texts, 71 times in news, 240 times in essays, 281 times in fiction, and 575 times in plays, totaling 1441 times, making it the 27th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References

  1. B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), 2. taki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  2. Ida Kurcz (1990), taki”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 594

Further reading

Quechua

Noun

taki

  1. song, singing, music

Declension

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

taki (Cyrillic spelling таки)

  1. (Kajkavian) soon, within a short time, quickly
    • 1927, Dragutin Domjanić, Fala:
      Tak malo dobroga
      V živlenju tu se najde,
      I če je sunce čas,
      Za oblak taki zajde.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Synonyms

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ki/

Etymology 1

From English talk.

Verb

taki

  1. to talk

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

taki

  1. that
    Synonym: dati

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch tak.

Noun

taki

  1. branch, stick, twig

Tongan

Noun

taki

  1. leader

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian таки (taki).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑki/, [ˈtɑki]
  • Rhymes: -ɑki
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ki

Adverb

taki

  1. still, anyway, nevertheless
    Synonyms: ain, aintaki

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), taki”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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