tooka
Ainu
Etymology
Contraction of
tookay
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
[tòò̞ꜛká]
Adjective
tooka
(
Kana spelling
トノカイ
)
(
Saru
)
plural of
toan
See also
Ainu demonstrative adjectives
pronoun
singular
plural
this
tan
,
taan
tanokay
,
taokay
taoka
(Saru)
that
neyan
,
neya
nea
(Saru)
neyokay
,
nerok
that (distal)
toan
tonokay
,
tookay
tooka
(Saru)
The noun form is formed by adding
pe
, for objects (ex.:
tanpe
, "this thing"), or
kur
, for persons (ex.:
tan kur
, "this person").