taki

taki (plural takis)

1. Alternative form of takhi

• Kait, Kati, Kita, ikat, kati, tika

• Rhymes: -aːcɪ

taki n

1. indefinite dative singular of tak

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

taki

1. Rōmaji transcription of たき

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaki]
• Syllabification: ta‧ki

taki

1. such (of that kind)
   • 2018, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Paweł Pogorzelski and Psioter ôt Sziatków (Piotr Szatkowski), Małi Princ [The Little Prince], →ISBN, page 28:

     – Ón je akuratnie taki, jekiégo já chcziáł!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

taki

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

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /takiː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /taki/

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

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)

• Masurian: taki
• Polish: taki
• Silesian: taki

Back-formation from taczka. First attested in 1419.

taki nvir pl

1. Augmentative of taczka
   • 1874 [1419], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume XV, page 559:

     Pro curribus al. taki

     [Pro curribus al. taki]

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “1. taki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “2. taki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ki/

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• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ta‧ki

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

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), taki is one of the 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, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1441 times, making it the 27th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

• taki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• taki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TAKI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2023 March 24
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “taki”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “taki”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “taki”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 10
• taki in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

taki

1. song, singing, music

• takiy

taki (Cyrillic spelling таки)

1. (Kajkavian) soon, within a short time, quickly

   Synonym: ubrzo

   • 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 quotation)

Inherited from Old Polish taki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaki/
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ta‧ki

taki

1. such (of that kind)

   Synonym: (Ciszyn) telki

2. such, so (intensifying descriptor)

   Synonym: (Ciszyn) telki

• taki in dykcjonorz.eu
• taki in silling.org

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ki/

From English talk.

taki

1. to talk
   • 1975, “Basya Adyuku koni”, in Ursy M. Lichtveld, Jan Voorhoeve, editors, Creole drum. An Anthology of Creole Literature in Surinam‎, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 86:

     A krabdagu taki: - Angri e kiri mi ba. A di mi si yu e nyan, ne mi kon.
     Adyuku taki: - We san mi e nyan, mi no sabi efu yu sa nyan en. Na kasaba dokun mi tyari. Efu yu sa nyan en, dan mi sa gi yu.

     The crab-eating raccoon said: 'I'm starving, brother. When I saw that you're eating, I came over immediately.
     Adyuku said: 'I say, I don't know whether you'll want to eat what I'm eating. I brought cassava duckanoo. If you'll eat it, then I'll give it to you.

   • 2005, Nyun-Grontapuvertaling fu den Kresten Griki Buku fu Bijbel [New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures]‎, Brooklyn, NY: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Acts of the Apostles, chapter 26, verse 24:

     Di Paulus kaba taki gi ensrefi, Festus taki nanga wan tranga sten: „Yu e kon law, Paulus! Den kefalek sani di yu leri e law yu!”

     When Paul was done speaking up for himself, Festus said with a loud voice: “You lost your mind, Paul! The great things you learnt are driving you insane!”

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

taki

1. that

   Synonym: dati

Borrowed from Dutch tak.

taki

1. branch, stick, twig

taki

1. leader

Borrowed from Russian таки (taki).

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

taki

1. still, anyway, nevertheless

   Synonyms: ain, aintaki

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