とく

See also: とぐ and どく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Contraction of て (-te, conjunctive suffix) + 置(お)く (oku, “to leave, to set”). Compare てる (teru) (← て (te) + いる (iru)) and てく (teku) (← て (te) + いく (iku)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟]

Suffix

とく • (-toku) godan (stem とき (-toki), past といた (-toita))

1. contraction of ておく (-te oku)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "とく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	とか	とか	-toka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	とき	とき	-toki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	とく	とく	-toku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	とく	とく	-toku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	とけ	とけ	-toke
Meireikei ("imperative")	とけ	とけ	-toke
Key constructions
Passive	とかれる	とかれる	-tokareru
Causative	とかせる とかす	とかせる とかす	-tokaseru -tokasu
Potential	とける	とける	-tokeru
Volitional	とこう	とこう	-tokō
Negative	とかない	とかない	-tokanai
Negative continuative	とかず	とかず	-tokazu
Formal	ときます	ときます	-tokimasu
Perfective	といた	といた	-toita
Conjunctive	といて	といて	-toite
Hypothetical conditional	とけば	とけば	-tokeba

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of とく – see the following entries.

【禿】H [affix] bald

【得】5 [adjective] beneficial; with gain [noun] benefit, profit, gain Alternative spelling 徳

【匿】S [affix] shelter [affix] hide

【徳】4 [noun] virtue [noun] benevolence

【解く】 [verb] to untie [verb] 解く, 梳く: to comb; to untangle (hair) [verb] to solve (a problem); to answer (a question); to unravel (a riddle) Alternative spelling 梳く

【説く】 [verb] to explain [verb] to preach, to persuade

【溶く】 [verb] to dissolve, to melt [verb] to mix [verb] to beat

【疾く】 [adjective] adverbial and continuative stem of 疾い (toi): swiftly, already, quickly

(This term, とく (toku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as とく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とく.

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