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toki

Bingham

tóki

vi. to be at an end, to end, to cease, to stop, to stop by stubbing.

tóki

n. a chisel.
n. the end, the stop.

Sabatier

toki

n. (1) end, term, limit, extremity, stop, cessation, finale.
a. tokitoki: reverberating (sound).
n. (2) chisel.
syn. unika.
v. toki, totoki, tokitoki: to come to an end, to finish, to cease, to stop, to come to the end.
ex.
  • ae aki toki, akea tokina: without end, eternal.
  • te kai ae toki: timber at its hardest point.
  • teangara ae toki: the biggest sized axe.
adv. n aki toki, a aki totoki: without end, eternally.
vc. katoka, katoki, katokitoki: to make cease, to put an end to, to stop, to terminate, to limit, to suspend, to conclude.