tuki

• Hyphenation: tu‧ki

tuki

1. a whale shark

tuki

1. to quiz

tuki

1. dung, manure

From Proto-Finnic *tuki, of unknown further origin. Cognate to Estonian tugi, Ingrian tuki, Karelian tuki, Veps tugi, Votic tugõ, and Livonian tiʼg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuki/, [ˈt̪uk̟i]
• Rhymes: -uki
• Syllabification^(key): tu‧ki

tuki

1. support, strut, prop, crutch (something which supports physically)
2. support, backing, back (something which support emotionally, financially, politically, etc.)

   Jos joskus tarvitset apua, niin pyydä. Tiedät, että sinulla on minun tukeni.

   If you ever need help, just ask. You know I have your back.

3. (social) allowance, dole, benefit

   Katja nostaa tukia.

   Katja is on the dole.

   (literally, “Katja withdraws allowances.”)

4. support, evidence (something that corroborates or supports one's e.g. claims)

• “tuki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuki/, [ˈt̪uk̟i]
• Rhymes: -uki
• Syllabification^(key): tu‧ki

tuki

1. third-person singular past indicative of tukea

• IPA^(key): /ˈtukiˣ/, [ˈt̪uk̟i(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uki
• Syllabification^(key): tu‧ki

tuki

1. inflection of tukkia:
   1. second-person singular present imperative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative connegative
   3. present active indicative connegative

• itku, kitu, kuti, tiku, ukit

tuki

1. to discuss

From Proto-Finnic *tuki. Cognates include Finnish tuki and Estonian tugi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtuki/, [ˈtuki]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtuki/, [ˈtuɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -uki
• Hyphenation: tu‧ki

tuki

1. stick that is put against a haystack so it doesn't fall over

Declension of tuki (type 5/lehti, k- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	tuki	tuet
genitive	tuen	tukkiin, tukiloin
partitive	tukkia	tukija, tukiloja
illative	tukkee	tukkii, tukiloihe
inessive	tues	tuis, tukilois
elative	tuest	tuist, tukiloist
allative	tuelle	tuille, tukiloille
adessive	tuel	tuil, tukiloil
ablative	tuelt	tuilt, tukiloilt
translative	tueks	tuiks, tukiloiks
essive	tukenna, tukkeen	tukinna, tukiloinna, tukkiin, tukiloin
exessive1)	tukent	tukint, tukiloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtuki/, [ˈtuki]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtuki/, [ˈtuɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -uki
• Hyphenation: tu‧ki

tuki

1. inflection of tukkia:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 604

From Proto-Polynesian *tuki (compare with Hawaiian kuʻi, Tongan tuki)^[1][2] from Proto-Austronesian *tuktuk ultimately onomatopoeic.^[3]

tuki

1. to ram, to pound, to pestle
2. to punch

   Synonyms: moto, meke

3. to bunt

tuki

1. pestle

• tukituki

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ki/
• Rhymes: -uki
• Syllabification: tu‧ki

tuki f

1. inflection of tuka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• IPA^(key): /tu.ˈki/, [tu.ˈki]

tuki

1. clock; watch