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noun

A shop in the Netherlands selling mainly Asian food products, and generally Asian- or Indo-European-owned.

OriginDutch toko ← Malay toko ← Hokkien 土庫 /土库 →
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Meanings

toko1

nountoko (plural tokos)

plural tokos

  1. A shop in the Netherlands selling mainly Asian food products, and generally Asian- or Indo-European-owned.

toko2

nountoko (uncountable)
  1. UKalternativeobsoleteslanguncountableAlternative spelling of toco (“corporal punishment”).

    When a reglar Primroser gits toko, one wonders wot next there will come.

    1892, Edwin James Milliken, “On Law and Order”, in The 'Arry Ballads, verse 1, page 58, line 4

Origin

  1. Hokkien土庫 /土库“private storehouse”
  2. Malaytoko“shop”
  3. Dutchtoko“Southeast Asian grocery store”
  4. Englishtoko

From Dutch toko (“Southeast Asian grocery store”), from Malay toko (“shop”), from Hokkien 土庫 /土库 (thó͘-khò͘, “private storehouse”).

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Cite this entry
APA

toko. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toko

MLA

“toko.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toko. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toko,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toko.

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