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tokitoki

1. (modifier) altogether, without exception - follows verbs and statives to indicate that all are included. If a verb is in the passive form, tokitoki will also have a passive ending, usually -tia.

I haere tokitoki atu ngā kaimahi ki te karakia whakamaumahara ki a Kere, kāore tētahi i noho mai ki te tari (HJ 2015:137). / The employees all went to the memorial service to Kere, nobody remained at the office.
Ka mukua tokitokitia āna kōrero, ka tīmata anō (PK 2008:961). / She rubbed out her story completely and began again.

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