liki

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See also: liki-, līķi, and līķī

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English leak.

Pronunciation

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Verb

liki (present likas, past likis, future likos, conditional likus, volitive liku)

  1. to leak

Conjugation

Conjugation of liki
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense likas likis likos
active participle likanta likantaj likinta likintaj likonta likontaj
acc. likantan likantajn likintan likintajn likontan likontajn
passive participle likata likataj likita likitaj likota likotaj
acc. likatan likatajn likitan likitajn likotan likotajn
nominal active participle likanto likantoj likinto likintoj likonto likontoj
acc. likanton likantojn likinton likintojn likonton likontojn
nominal passive participle likato likatoj likito likitoj likoto likotoj
acc. likaton likatojn likiton likitojn likoton likotojn
adverbial active participle likante likinte likonte
adverbial passive participle likate likite likote
infinitive liki imperative liku conditional likus

Descendants

  • Ido: likar

Finnish

Etymology

liki- +‎ -i (i-lative singular)

Pronunciation

Adverb

liki (+ number)

  1. almost, nearly, close to
    Synonyms: lähes, melkein
    Auto maksaa liki kaksisataatuhatta euroa. ― The car costs almost 200,000 euros.
    Painan liki sata kiloa. ― I weigh nearly one hundred kilograms.

Inflection

See liki-.

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

liki

  1. plural of liko

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *liki. Cognates include Finnish liki and Estonian ligi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

liki

  1. near, close

Preposition

liki (+ partitive)

  1. close to
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, pages 3-4:
      Neet dialektat ollaa liki toin toista, mut i ero niijen välil kera ono.
      These dialects are close to each other, but there is also a difference between these.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:
      Yks ono liki Leningradaa, toin Moskovaa, Kalininan, Ivanovon ja Gorjkin linnoin välis.
      One is close to Leningrad, the other to Moscow, between the cities of Kalinin, Ivanovo and Gorky.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 265

Latvian

Verb

liki

  1. second-person singular past indicative of likt

Narua

Noun

liki

  1. hoof

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

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Noun

liki

  1. woodpecker

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 45
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