kiken

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

ki- (out; fully) +‎ ken (smear)

Verb

kiken

  1. (transitive) to grease
Conjugation

Etymology 2

ki +‎ -k +‎ -en

Pronoun

kiken

  1. superessive plural of ki

Further reading

  • kiken in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

kiken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きけん

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan (to look, peep).

Pronunciation

Verb

kiken

  1. to look, to direct the eyes

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive kiken
3rd sg. past kêec
3rd pl. past kēken
Past participle gekēken
Infinitive kiken
In genitive kikens
In dative kikene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular kike kêec
2nd singular kijcs, kikes kēecs, kēkes
3rd singular kijct, kiket kêec
1st plural kiken kēken
2nd plural kijct, kiket kēect, kēket
3rd plural kiken kēken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular kike kēke
2nd singular kijcs, kikes kēkes
3rd singular kike kēke
1st plural kiken kēken
2nd plural kijct, kiket kēket
3rd plural kiken kēken
Imperative Present
Singular kijc, kike
Plural kijct, kiket
Present Past
Participle kikende gekēken

Descendants

  • Dutch: kijken
  • Limburgish: kieke

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kiken. Related to Scots keek, West Frisian kytse, Dutch kijken, Swedish kika, Icelandic kíkja.

Verb

kiken (third-person singular simple present kiketh, present participle kikende, kikynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle kiked)

  1. to look steadfastly, spy, gaze

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