nikka

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See also: Nikka and -nikka

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Modification of nigger or nigga.

Pronunciation

Noun

nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)

  1. (slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger.
    • 2004, Arar Han, John Y. Hsu, Asian American X
      Then there's the wigga (wannabe nigga, to fit everyone), who will probably have all that AzN PrldE junk, yet call everyone "nigga" or "nikka" trying to be black.
    What's crackin' my nikka?

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish nikke, from Middle Low German nicken.

Pronunciation

Verb

nikka (third person singular past indicative nikkaði, third person plural past indicative nikkaðu, supine nikkað)

  1. nod
  2. bow

Conjugation

Conjugation of nikka (group v-30)
infinitive nikka
supine nikkað
participle (a6)1 nikkandi nikkaður
present past
first singular nikki nikkaði
second singular nikkar nikkaði
third singular nikkar nikkaði
plural nikka nikkaðu
imperative
singular nikka!
plural nikkið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nikka, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

nikka

  1. hiccups

Declension

Inflection of nikka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative nikka nikat
genitive nikan nikkojen
partitive nikkaa nikkoja
illative nikkaan nikkoihin
singular plural
nominative nikka nikat
accusative nom. nikka nikat
gen. nikan
genitive nikan nikkojen
nikkain rare
partitive nikkaa nikkoja
inessive nikassa nikoissa
elative nikasta nikoista
illative nikkaan nikkoihin
adessive nikalla nikoilla
ablative nikalta nikoilta
allative nikalle nikoille
essive nikkana nikkoina
translative nikaksi nikoiksi
abessive nikatta nikoitta
instructive nikoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nikka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkani nikkani
accusative nom. nikkani nikkani
gen. nikkani
genitive nikkani nikkojeni
nikkaini rare
partitive nikkaani nikkojani
inessive nikassani nikoissani
elative nikastani nikoistani
illative nikkaani nikkoihini
adessive nikallani nikoillani
ablative nikaltani nikoiltani
allative nikalleni nikoilleni
essive nikkanani nikkoinani
translative nikakseni nikoikseni
abessive nikattani nikoittani
instructive
comitative nikkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkasi nikkasi
accusative nom. nikkasi nikkasi
gen. nikkasi
genitive nikkasi nikkojesi
nikkaisi rare
partitive nikkaasi nikkojasi
inessive nikassasi nikoissasi
elative nikastasi nikoistasi
illative nikkaasi nikkoihisi
adessive nikallasi nikoillasi
ablative nikaltasi nikoiltasi
allative nikallesi nikoillesi
essive nikkanasi nikkoinasi
translative nikaksesi nikoiksesi
abessive nikattasi nikoittasi
instructive
comitative nikkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkamme nikkamme
accusative nom. nikkamme nikkamme
gen. nikkamme
genitive nikkamme nikkojemme
nikkaimme rare
partitive nikkaamme nikkojamme
inessive nikassamme nikoissamme
elative nikastamme nikoistamme
illative nikkaamme nikkoihimme
adessive nikallamme nikoillamme
ablative nikaltamme nikoiltamme
allative nikallemme nikoillemme
essive nikkanamme nikkoinamme
translative nikaksemme nikoiksemme
abessive nikattamme nikoittamme
instructive
comitative nikkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkanne nikkanne
accusative nom. nikkanne nikkanne
gen. nikkanne
genitive nikkanne nikkojenne
nikkainne rare
partitive nikkaanne nikkojanne
inessive nikassanne nikoissanne
elative nikastanne nikoistanne
illative nikkaanne nikkoihinne
adessive nikallanne nikoillanne
ablative nikaltanne nikoiltanne
allative nikallenne nikoillenne
essive nikkananne nikkoinanne
translative nikaksenne nikoiksenne
abessive nikattanne nikoittanne
instructive
comitative nikkoinenne

Synonyms

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish nikke.

Verb

nikka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nikkaði, supine nikkað)

  1. to make a slight movement with the head to greet someone or to point to something
  2. to nod
    Synonym: kinka kolli
  3. (soccer) to head, to strike a soccer ball with the head
    Hann sendi áfram á Steingrím Jóhannesson sem nikkaði boltanum með kollinum framhjá varnarmanni Fylkis(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Clipping of harmónikka.

Noun

nikka f (genitive singular nikku, nominative plural nikkur)

  1. accordion
Declension

Japanese

Romanization

nikka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にっか

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

nikka

  1. inflection of nikke:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German nicken.

Pronunciation

Verb

nikka (present tense nikkar, past tense nikka, past participle nikka, passive infinitive nikkast, present participle nikkande, imperative nikka/nikk)

  1. to nod (bow one's head)
  2. (soccer) to head (to play the ball with one's head)

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