hoki

See also: hōki and Hōki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori hoki (“blue grenadier”).

Noun

hoki (plural hoki)

  1. The blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae), a merluccid hake.

Anagrams

Finnish

Verb

hoki

  1. Third-person singular indicative past form of hokea.

Anagrams

Hungarian

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

Noun

hoki (uncountable)

  1. (sports, colloquial) hockey

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hoki —
accusative hokit —
dative hokinak —
instrumental hokival —
causal-final hokiért —
translative hokivá —
terminative hokiig —
essive-formal hokiként —
essive-modal — —
inessive hokiban —
superessive hokin —
adessive hokinál —
illative hokiba —
sublative hokira —
allative hokihoz —
elative hokiból —
delative hokiról —
ablative hokitól —

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hockey.

Noun

hoki (plural hoki-hoki, first-person possessive hokiku, second-person possessive hokimu, third-person possessive hokinya)

  1. hockey (the sport)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 福氣 (hok-khì).

Noun

hoki (plural hoki-hoki, first-person possessive hokiku, second-person possessive hokimu, third-person possessive hokinya)

  1. fortune; fate.

Japanese

Romanization

hoki

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

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?

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