poki

See also: póki

Amis

Noun

poki

  1. female genitalia

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse poki, from Proto-Germanic *pukô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰɔːcɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɔːcɪ

Noun

poki m (genitive singular poka, nominative plural pokar)

  1. bag, sack, pouch
  2. (zoology) pouch (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young)

Declension

Declension of poki (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative poki pokinn pokar pokarnir
accusative poka pokann poka pokana
dative poka pokanum pokum pokunum
genitive poka pokans poka pokanna

Derived terms

Maori

Etymology

Cognate of Hawaiian poʻi “crest of a breaking wave; lid, to cover with a lid; to cup one's hands”; Tahitian poʻi “lid, cover” and popoʻi “to cup one's hands”; Tuamotuan poki “to cover over, [of waves] to crash”.[1] Maybe semantically related to Fijian tavuki “to capsize [of a boat]” and vuki “to change direction” thus from Proto-Oceanic *poki.[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare with similar parallels in the same language family e.g. semantic connection of Malay membalikkan “to flip or turn over” and terbalik “upside down”.

Verb

poki

  1. to turn over, to hang or place concave objects (like boats) upside down
  2. to overtake
  3. (of a boat) to capsize
  4. to cover over something (esp. with a lid)[3]

Derived terms

  • hipoki
  • huripoki
  • kaupoki
  • pokipoki
  • popoki (“lid”)
  • taupoki
  • tūpoki

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “poki.1”, 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 (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 411
  3. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 348

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “poki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 337
  • “poki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Noun

poki

  1. child

Derived terms

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