tokmo’

English: Translation

Closely fitted, securely joined, or properly seated together at a joint, seam, connection, or point of attachment. Used of two or more parts whose edges, ends, projections, grooves, or connecting surfaces meet accurately and hold together firmly, as in a well-made dovetail joint, mortise-and-tenon joint, fitted frame, interlocking boards, or properly seated mechanical parts.

Part of Speech

adjective

Notes

1. adj.

2. stative v.

To fit together securely; to become firmly joined or properly seated at the point of connection.

Semantic note

Tokmo’ does not merely indicate that two things are similar or appropriate. It describes structural compatibility realized through an actual close-fitting union.

Its semantic components include:

accurate correspondence between joining surfaces;
minimal looseness or unwanted gap;
secure seating or interlocking;
functional integrity of the completed joint.

A connection may therefore be tokmo’ even when the joined pieces differ greatly in shape, because their corresponding parts are made to fit each other precisely.

Figurative extension

Of people, plans, explanations, or components: to fit together coherently or complement one another so well that they form a stable whole.

This figurative use should be distinguished from angay, which concerns suitability or becomingness, and paryo, which concerns likeness or equality.

Compare

angay — suitable, becoming, or appropriate to something.
paryo — alike, equal, equivalent, or level.
tokmo’ — closely fitted and securely joined through corresponding structures.
sogno’ — linked onto something so that it is extended, continued, or carried forward.

Boie'nen (Old Buhi Language)

tokmo’