"tooken" meaning in English

See tooken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Equivalent to took + -en. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|took|-en<id:plural past>}} took + -en Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tooken
  1. (obsolete, dialectal) plural form of took Tags: dialectal, form-of, obsolete, plural Form of: took
    Sense id: en-tooken-en-verb-1KLsUNGw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (plural past), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: A conflation of took and taken; equivalent to took + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|took|en<id:past participle>}} took + -en Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tooken
  1. (dialect, nonstandard) past participle of take; nonstandard form of taken. Tags: dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Form of: take (extra: nonstandard form of taken)
    Sense id: en-tooken-en-verb-shBLsfBI Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -en (past participle) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (past participle): 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "took",
        "3": "-en<id:plural past>"
      },
      "expansion": "took + -en",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Equivalent to took + -en.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tooken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -en (plural past)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1848, Robert Armitage, “Trevor Hall, or, The Weaver of Windy-Gap”, in Ernest Singleton, volume III, London: Richard Bentley, page 70:",
          "text": "They tooken him to Soesbury, / To be at sizes tried: / Says he, 'within the stone jug. / I'll grin and there abide.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1863, Benjamin Brierley, “Trevor Hall, or, The Weaver of Windy-Gap”, in Chronicles of Waverlow, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., page 115:",
          "text": "Well bo'; aw meean that time when yo' tooken the shillin'.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, Charlotte Sophia Burne, Georgina Frederica Jackson, Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings, volume 1, London: Trübner & Company, page 46:",
          "text": "[…] but they tooken on 'em soft, an' maden out as they wun right glad to see 'em agen, an axt 'em to come in an' a some mate an' drink.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "took"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural form of took"
      ],
      "id": "en-tooken-en-verb-1KLsUNGw",
      "links": [
        [
          "took",
          "took#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, dialectal) plural form of took"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "form-of",
        "obsolete",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tooken"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "took",
        "3": "en<id:past participle>"
      },
      "expansion": "took + -en",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A conflation of took and taken; equivalent to took + -en.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tooken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -en (past participle)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue, page 161:",
          "text": "\"She be tooken. They tooken her away.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 23, Michael Brick, “A Turbulent Life Is Described by the Family of a Killer”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "“You’re not supposed to let your child get tooken somewhere without your knowledge,” Cheryl Wilson said.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Kathi Purnell, Silent Heroes, page 188:",
          "text": "Both of them had snow on their boots, and a little on the hems of their coats, but they weren't all froze cold like yesterday. “We tooken the bus,” RJ told us.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, John D. MacDonald, Deadly Welcome:",
          "text": "Sure you've seen me before, Doyle. Turkey Kimbroy and I, we tooken you over to Davis long time ago to he'p you get in the army.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "nonstandard form of taken",
          "word": "take"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of take; nonstandard form of taken."
      ],
      "id": "en-tooken-en-verb-shBLsfBI",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "taken",
          "taken#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect, nonstandard) past participle of take; nonstandard form of taken."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "form-of",
        "nonstandard",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tooken"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms suffixed with -en (past participle)",
    "English terms suffixed with -en (plural past)",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "took",
        "3": "-en<id:plural past>"
      },
      "expansion": "took + -en",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Equivalent to took + -en.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tooken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English obsolete terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1848, Robert Armitage, “Trevor Hall, or, The Weaver of Windy-Gap”, in Ernest Singleton, volume III, London: Richard Bentley, page 70:",
          "text": "They tooken him to Soesbury, / To be at sizes tried: / Says he, 'within the stone jug. / I'll grin and there abide.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1863, Benjamin Brierley, “Trevor Hall, or, The Weaver of Windy-Gap”, in Chronicles of Waverlow, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., page 115:",
          "text": "Well bo'; aw meean that time when yo' tooken the shillin'.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, Charlotte Sophia Burne, Georgina Frederica Jackson, Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings, volume 1, London: Trübner & Company, page 46:",
          "text": "[…] but they tooken on 'em soft, an' maden out as they wun right glad to see 'em agen, an axt 'em to come in an' a some mate an' drink.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "took"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural form of took"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "took",
          "took#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, dialectal) plural form of took"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "form-of",
        "obsolete",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tooken"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms suffixed with -en (past participle)",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "took",
        "3": "en<id:past participle>"
      },
      "expansion": "took + -en",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A conflation of took and taken; equivalent to took + -en.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tooken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English past participles",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue, page 161:",
          "text": "\"She be tooken. They tooken her away.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 23, Michael Brick, “A Turbulent Life Is Described by the Family of a Killer”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "“You’re not supposed to let your child get tooken somewhere without your knowledge,” Cheryl Wilson said.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Kathi Purnell, Silent Heroes, page 188:",
          "text": "Both of them had snow on their boots, and a little on the hems of their coats, but they weren't all froze cold like yesterday. “We tooken the bus,” RJ told us.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, John D. MacDonald, Deadly Welcome:",
          "text": "Sure you've seen me before, Doyle. Turkey Kimbroy and I, we tooken you over to Davis long time ago to he'p you get in the army.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "nonstandard form of taken",
          "word": "take"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of take; nonstandard form of taken."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "taken",
          "taken#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect, nonstandard) past participle of take; nonstandard form of taken."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "form-of",
        "nonstandard",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tooken"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tooken meaning in English (3.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.