hoki

See also: hōki, høki, ħoki, and Hōki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

Noun

hoki (plural hoki)

  1. 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[1]:
      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)

  1. hockey (the sport)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoki/, [ˈho̞k̟i]
  • Rhymes: -oki
  • Syllabification(key): ho‧ki
  • Hyphenation(key): ho‧ki

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Maori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

Noun

hoki

  1. blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake
    Synonym: sinihoki
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.
Possessive forms of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hokini hokini
accusative nom. hokini hokini
gen. hokini
genitive hokini hokieni
partitive hokiani hokejani
inessive hokissani hokeissani
elative hokistani hokeistani
illative hokiini hokeihini
adessive hokillani hokeillani
ablative hokiltani hokeiltani
allative hokilleni hokeilleni
essive hokinani hokeinani
translative hokikseni hokeikseni
abessive hokittani hokeittani
instructive — —
comitative — hokeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hokisi hokisi
accusative nom. hokisi hokisi
gen. hokisi
genitive hokisi hokiesi
partitive hokiasi hokejasi
inessive hokissasi hokeissasi
elative hokistasi hokeistasi
illative hokiisi hokeihisi
adessive hokillasi hokeillasi
ablative hokiltasi hokeiltasi
allative hokillesi hokeillesi
essive hokinasi hokeinasi
translative hokiksesi hokeiksesi
abessive hokittasi hokeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — hokeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hokimme hokimme
accusative nom. hokimme hokimme
gen. hokimme
genitive hokimme hokiemme
partitive hokiamme hokejamme
inessive hokissamme hokeissamme
elative hokistamme hokeistamme
illative hokiimme hokeihimme
adessive hokillamme hokeillamme
ablative hokiltamme hokeiltamme
allative hokillemme hokeillemme
essive hokinamme hokeinamme
translative hokiksemme hokeiksemme
abessive hokittamme hokeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — hokeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hokinne hokinne
accusative nom. hokinne hokinne
gen. hokinne
genitive hokinne hokienne
partitive hokianne hokejanne
inessive hokissanne hokeissanne
elative hokistanne hokeistanne
illative hokiinne hokeihinne
adessive hokillanne hokeillanne
ablative hokiltanne hokeiltanne
allative hokillenne hokeillenne
essive hokinanne hokeinanne
translative hokiksenne hokeiksenne
abessive hokittanne hokeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — hokeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative hokinsa hokinsa
accusative nom. hokinsa hokinsa
gen. hokinsa
genitive hokinsa hokiensa
partitive hokiaan
hokiansa 		hokejaan
hokejansa
inessive hokissaan
hokissansa 		hokeissaan
hokeissansa
elative hokistaan
hokistansa 		hokeistaan
hokeistansa
illative hokiinsa hokeihinsa
adessive hokillaan
hokillansa 		hokeillaan
hokeillansa
ablative hokiltaan
hokiltansa 		hokeiltaan
hokeiltansa
allative hokilleen
hokillensa 		hokeilleen
hokeillensa
essive hokinaan
hokinansa 		hokeinaan
hokeinansa
translative hokikseen
hokiksensa 		hokeikseen
hokeiksensa
abessive hokittaan
hokittansa 		hokeittaan
hokeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — hokeineen
hokeinensa

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hockey.

Noun

hoki (colloquial, humorous)

  1. ice hockey
    Synonyms: jääkiekko, (colloquial) lätkä
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.
Possessive forms of hoki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hokini hokini
accusative nom. hokini hokini
gen. hokini
genitive hokini hokieni
partitive hokiani hokejani
inessive hokissani hokeissani
elative hokistani hokeistani
illative hokiini hokeihini
adessive hokillani hokeillani
ablative hokiltani hokeiltani
allative hokilleni hokeilleni
essive hokinani hokeinani
translative hokikseni hokeikseni
abessive hokittani hokeittani
instructive — —
comitative — hokeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hokisi hokisi
accusative nom. hokisi hokisi
gen. hokisi
genitive hokisi hokiesi
partitive hokiasi hokejasi
inessive hokissasi hokeissasi
elative hokistasi hokeistasi
illative hokiisi hokeihisi
adessive hokillasi hokeillasi
ablative hokiltasi hokeiltasi
allative hokillesi hokeillesi
essive hokinasi hokeinasi
translative hokiksesi hokeiksesi
abessive hokittasi hokeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — hokeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hokimme hokimme
accusative nom. hokimme hokimme
gen. hokimme
genitive hokimme hokiemme
partitive hokiamme hokejamme
inessive hokissamme hokeissamme
elative hokistamme hokeistamme
illative hokiimme hokeihimme
adessive hokillamme hokeillamme
ablative hokiltamme hokeiltamme
allative hokillemme hokeillemme
essive hokinamme hokeinamme
translative hokiksemme hokeiksemme
abessive hokittamme hokeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — hokeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hokinne hokinne
accusative nom. hokinne hokinne
gen. hokinne
genitive hokinne hokienne
partitive hokianne hokejanne
inessive hokissanne hokeissanne
elative hokistanne hokeistanne
illative hokiinne hokeihinne
adessive hokillanne hokeillanne
ablative hokiltanne hokeiltanne
allative hokillenne hokeillenne
essive hokinanne hokeinanne
translative hokiksenne hokeiksenne
abessive hokittanne hokeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — hokeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative hokinsa hokinsa
accusative nom. hokinsa hokinsa
gen. hokinsa
genitive hokinsa hokiensa
partitive hokiaan
hokiansa 		hokejaan
hokejansa
inessive hokissaan
hokissansa 		hokeissaan
hokeissansa
elative hokistaan
hokistansa 		hokeistaan
hokeistansa
illative hokiinsa hokeihinsa
adessive hokillaan
hokillansa 		hokeillaan
hokeillansa
ablative hokiltaan
hokiltansa 		hokeiltaan
hokeiltansa
allative hokilleen
hokillensa 		hokeilleen
hokeillensa
essive hokinaan
hokinansa 		hokeinaan
hokeinansa
translative hokikseen
hokiksensa 		hokeikseen
hokeiksensa
abessive hokittaan
hokittansa 		hokeittaan
hokeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — hokeineen
hokeinensa
See also

Etymology 3

Verb

hoki

  1. 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

  1. mule
  2. ass

Verb

hoki

  1. (neologism) infertile, barren

Derived terms

  • hohoki

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhoki]
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ki
  • Rhymes: -ki

Noun

hoki (usually uncountable, plural hokik)

  1. (sports, informal) hockey
    Synonyms: jégkorong, jéghoki
  2. (slang) jacking off (male masturbation)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
Possessive forms of hoki
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

Borrowed from English hockey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʊkɪ/

Noun

hoki

  1. hockey

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hockey.

Pronunciation

Noun

hoki (plural hoki-hoki)

  1. hockey (the sport)

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 福氣 / 福气 (hok-khì).

Pronunciation

Noun

hoki (plural hoki-hoki)

  1. fortune; fate
    Synonyms: peruntungan, nasib

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

hoki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほき
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ホキ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English hockey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoki/ [ˈho.ki]
  • Rhymes: -oki
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ki

Noun

hoki (Jawi spelling هوکي)

  1. (sports) hockey

Manchu

Romanization

hoki

  1. romanization of ᡥᠣᡴᡳ

Maori

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)

  1. (intransitive) to return

Derived terms

Adverb

hoki

  1. also; too.

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 411

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hoki

  1. 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
  • “hoki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Adverb

hoki

  1. (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

Borrowed from English hockey.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

hoki class IX (plural hoki class X)

  1. hockey, field hockey
    Synonym: mpira wa magongo
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