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толока

/[tɔˈɫɔkɐ]/
Ukrainiannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    a fallow field used for grazing livestock
  2. 2.
    dialectalan unused land where village youth would hang out
  3. 3.
    A collective effort to quickly clean up a place by members of a community.

Synonyms & related words

Related words (3)
  • товкти́
  • gotong-royong
  • a similar concept in Malay culture

Etymology

inherited from Proto-Slavic *telkti. Cognate with Russian толо́ка (tolóka), which also exists in southern and Siberian Russian dialects.

Forms

  • толо́каcanonical • feminine • inanimate
  • tolókaromanization
  • толо́киgenitive
Nominative
Singular
толо́ка
Plural
толо́ки
Genitive
Singular
толо́ки
Plural
толо́к
Dative
Singular
толо́ці
Plural
толо́кам
Accusative
Singular
толо́ку
Plural
толо́ки
Instrumental
Singular
толо́кою
Plural
толо́ками
Locative
Singular
толо́ці
Plural
толо́ках
Vocative
Singular
толо́ко
Plural
толо́ки

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