toki, n. Axe, adze, chopper (general term).
E amo i te toki, e aku ta‘unga.
Lift the axes, my skilled workmen;
Tē ‘akakoi toki nei au.
I‘m sharpening an axe;
Ko tēta‘i toki ‘ētene teia i tarai‘ia ai ‘a Tākitumu.
This is one of the old (stone) adzes used in the old days to shape Tākitumu;
Kua ‘ati te kakau toki.
The handle of the axe has snapped. Toki ‘oma, toki tarai, adze.
[Pn. *toki.]