/ˈtokːo/, [ˈt̪o̞kːo̞]
AlkuperäOriginates from eastern dialects; probably as a loan from Karelian toko, from dialectal Russian токо́ (tokó); alternatively from toki + -ko.
- I don't think, hardly (used to express doubt, often with softening clitic -pa or -han)
“Tokko sitä enää kukaan muistaa.” — I don't think anyone remembers that any more.
“Tokkopa siellä ketään on tähän aikaan.” — There's probably no one there at this hour.
- archaicif, whether (used to begin an indirect question, especially in the negative)
“En osaa sanoa, tokko hän vielä tietää.” — I can't say whether he already knows.
- archaicgoby (fish of the genus Gobius)
Muodottokko(nominative, singular) · tokot(nominative, plural) · tokko(accusative, nominative, singular) · tokot(accusative, nominative, plural) · tokon(accusative, genitive, singular) · tokot(accusative, genitive, plural) · tokon(genitive, singular) · tokkojen(genitive, plural) · tokkoa(partitive, singular) · tokkoja(partitive, plural) · tokossa(inessive, singular) · tokoissa(inessive, plural) · tokosta(elative, singular) · tokoista(elative, plural) · tokkoon(illative, singular) · tokkoihin(illative, plural) · tokolla(adessive, singular) · tokoilla(adessive, plural) · tokolta(ablative, singular) · tokoilta(ablative, plural)