tokotoko

Japanese

Romanization

tokotoko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とことこ

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of toko (see Hawaiian koʻokoʻo) fron Proto-Polynesian *toko (compare with Samoan toʻo, Hawaiian koʻo)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *tokon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təkən (“bamboo punting pole, to press downward”) (compare with Malay tekan, Tagalog tikin).

Noun

tokotoko

  1. walking stick, cane
  2. crutch
  3. staff

Verb

tokotoko

  1. to prop up
  2. to walk with a cane or crutch, to crutch

References
  1. Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 527-9
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