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tokko.

I don't think, hardly (used to express doubt, often with softening clitic -pa or -han)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈtokːo/[ˈt̪o̞kːo̞]
  1. I don't think, hardly (used to express doubt, often with softening clitic -pa or -han)

    Tokko sitä enää kukaan muistaa.
    Tokkopa siellä ketään on tähän aikaan.
Where this word comes from

Originates from eastern dialects; probably as a loan from Karelian toko, from dialectal Russian токо́ (tokó); alternatively from toki + -ko.

conj/ˈtokːo/[ˈt̪o̞kːo̞]
  1. if, whether (used to begin an indirect question, especially in the negative)

    archaic
    En osaa sanoa, tokko hän vielä tietää.
Where this word comes from

Originates from eastern dialects; probably as a loan from Karelian toko, from dialectal Russian токо́ (tokó); alternatively from toki + -ko.

noun/ˈtokːo/[ˈt̪o̞kːo̞]
  1. goby (fish of the genus Gobius)

    archaic
Where this word comes from

tokka + -o, a shortening from the earlier tokanpoika (in which tokka is found with the genitive form tokan + poika (“son, boy”)). tokanpoika is attested since 1870, while tokko is found later, from the 1950s onward. The etymology of the initial word is unknown. One possibility is that it is tokka (“tidal port”); gobies (at least the species encountered in Finland) are found in shallow coastal waters, such as tide pools.

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