liki

Borrowed from English leak.

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• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: li‧ki

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

1. to leak

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

• Ido: likar

• IPA^(key): /ˈliki/,
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation^(key): li‧ki

liki- +‎ -i (i-lative singular)

liki

1. almost, nearly, close to (in terms of quantity; usually followed by a number)

   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.

See liki-.

• “liki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-08-14

< Italian lichi

liki

1. lechwe

• ilki, kili

• IPA^(key): /ˈliki/

liki

1. plural of liko

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

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈliki/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈliki/,
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: li‧ki

liki

1. near, close

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.

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

liki

1. second-person singular past indicative of likt

liki

1. Alternative form of liken (“to like”)

liki

1. hoof

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

liki

1. woodpecker

• 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