"תוכי" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtuki/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-תוכי.wav
Etymology: Unknown. If meaning "peacock", then it shares an origin with Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs), sometimes claimed to be from Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “tail (of a peacock)”). Etymology templates: {{unk|he}} Unknown, {{cog|grc|ταώς}} Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs), {{cog|ta|தோகை||tail (of a peacock)}} Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “tail (of a peacock)”) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=תוכי|consdwv=תֻּכִּי|dwv=תֻּכִּי|g=m|pl=תוכים|pl2=תֻּכִּיִּים|plcons=תוכי|plcons2=תֻּכִּיֵּי|plconsdwv=תֻּכֵּי|pldwv=תֻּכִּים|tr=túki}} תוכי / תֻּכִּי • (túki) m (plural indefinite תוכים / תֻּכִּים or תֻּכִּיִּים, singular construct תוכי / תֻּכִּי־, plural construct תוכי / תֻּכֵּי־ or תֻּכִּיֵּי־) Forms: תֻּכִּי [canonical], túki [romanization], תוכים [indefinite, plural], תֻּכִּים [indefinite, plural], תֻּכִּיִּים [indefinite, plural], תוכי [construct, singular], תֻּכִּי־ [construct, singular], תוכי [construct, plural], תֻּכֵּי־ [construct, plural], תֻּכִּיֵּי־ [construct, plural]
  1. (Biblical Hebrew, hapax, in the plural) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    peacocks
    Tags: Biblical-Hebrew, in-plural Categories (lifeform): Birds
    Sense id: en-תוכי-he-noun-C9tm1YHy Disambiguation of Birds: 42 17 10 13 18 Categories (other): Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew hapax legomena, Hebrew terms with uncertain meaning, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 34 25 17 4 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 38 24 16 5 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 26 15 3 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 25 14 2 20
  2. (Biblical Hebrew, hapax, in the plural) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    monkeys, baboon
    Tags: Biblical-Hebrew, in-plural
    Sense id: en-תוכי-he-noun-bd9n0K85 Categories (other): Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew hapax legomena, Hebrew terms with uncertain meaning
  3. (Biblical Hebrew, hapax, in the plural) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: Tags: Biblical-Hebrew, in-plural
    Sense id: en-תוכי-he-noun-~Mwf1bvk Categories (other): Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew hapax legomena, Hebrew terms with uncertain meaning
  4. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) parrot (a kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae) Tags: Modern-Israeli-Hebrew
    Sense id: en-תוכי-he-noun-fcUhQdut
  5. (Modern Israeli Hebrew, figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others. Tags: Modern-Israeli-Hebrew, figuratively
    Sense id: en-תוכי-he-noun-Q2IED02y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: תוכאים, תֻּכָּאִים

Inflected forms

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          "text": "כִּי אֳנִי תַרְשִׁישׁ לַמֶּלֶךְ בַּיָּם, עִם אֳנִי חִירָם; אַחַת לְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים תָּבוֹא אֳנִי תַרְשִׁישׁ, נֹשְׂאֵת זָהָב וָכֶסֶף, שֶׁנְהַבִּים וְקֹפִים וְתֻכִּיִּים",
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          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "Psittaciformes",
          "Psittaciformes#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Psittacidae",
          "Psittacidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Modern Israeli Hebrew) parrot (a kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parroter",
          "parroter"
        ],
        [
          "repeat",
          "repeat"
        ],
        [
          "words",
          "word#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Modern Israeli Hebrew, figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtuki/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "תוכי"
}

Download raw JSONL data for תוכי meaning in Hebrew (5.6kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Biblical Hebrew, hapax, in the plural",
  "path": [
    "תוכי"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "תוכי",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
  "msg": "''The meaning of this term is un'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "תוכי"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "תוכי",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Biblical Hebrew, hapax, in the plural",
  "path": [
    "תוכי"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "תוכי",
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}

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