Description:

The term 'tocu' refers to hunger. 'Tocu' focuses on the feeling of hunger and not the result and does not tend to be used in the sense of to be malhourished or to starve (see 'famin').

Verb:

As a verb, 'tocu' is an intransitive pali verb that takes an absolutive subject that is the thing experiencing hunger. It may be used in a benefactive form where a dative argument is added which is the thing hungered for,

'Tocu' is also used in sexual slang to mean to be sexually desirous or 'horny'. It can also occasionally be used simply to mean wanting something, but this usage is very colloquial and somewhat risqué.

Noun:

As a noun, 'tocu' refers to the feeling or experience of hunger.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'tocus' means 'hungry', but can also be used as a sexual euphemism to mean 'horny'.