ika

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See also: ikä, ĩka, -iką, and -ika

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈka/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Pronoun

iká (Basahan spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. you (exclusive singular)

See also

Bikol Central personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang) Ergative (sa) Oblique (sa)
Length Full Short Full Short
First singular ako ko sakuya, sako, saako
plural inclusive kita nyato ta satuya, sato, saato
plural exclusive kami nyamo mi samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo
Second singular ika ka mo saimo, simo,kanimo
plural kamo nindo saindo, kaninyo, sainyo
Third singular siya, iya niya saiya, kaniya
plural sinda ninda sainda, kanila


Busang Kayan

Pronoun

ika

  1. you (second-person singular)

Further reading

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

ika

  1. with

Chuukese

Conjunction

ika

  1. if
  2. or

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ika

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /i.kaʔ/

Noun

ika

  1. sister-in-law; brother-in-law

Japanese

Romanization

ika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いか
  2. Rōmaji transcription of イカ

Javanese

Alternative forms

Determiner

ika

  1. (dialectal) yonder

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈikə/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Pronoun

íka

  1. you (exclusive singular)

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan (compare Malay ikan).

Noun

ika

  1. fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales
    Kātahi anō te ika ka kai ki tana matau.
    Then the fish began to bite at his hook.
    Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate.
    When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.
  2. slain warrior, victim
  3. (figurative) prized possession

Etymology 2

Noun

ika

  1. cluster, band, troop, group, company, heap

References

  • “ika” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Niuatoputapu

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ika

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Rapa Nui

Te ika (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Maori ika.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.ka/
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Noun

ika

  1. fish
  2. war casualty

Derived terms

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 30
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 132

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Noun

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. slight limp while walking
    Synonyms: ikod, tikod
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Apheresis of wika.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Adjective

ikà or ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. Alternative form of 'ika
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Particle

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. (Bataan) added to sentences as a filler

Further reading

  • “ika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Malay ikat.

Verb

ika

  1. to bind

Tokelauan

Te ika (1).
Te ika (2).
Te ika (3).

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Samoan i'a.

Pronunciation

Noun

ika

  1. fish
  2. coconut crab
  3. turtle
  4. rear end of a canoe

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 28

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

Noun

ika

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika.

Noun

ika

  1. fish

Unami

Pronunciation

Adverb

ika

  1. there

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

ika

  1. else, otherwise
  2. or, or else

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “а, иначе, то”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Albay Bikol

Pronoun

ika

  1. (exclusive, singular) you

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Doublet of ẹ̀ka

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ìka

  1. finger, toe
    Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ọ̀kị̀ka, ọmọ-ìka
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ìkà

  1. wicked (person); evil (person)
    Synonym: (Èkìtì) idà
    Antonym: ibi
    Ìkà ni wọ́n ― They are wicked
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