niku

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See also: Niku, nīku, and нику

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

niku

  1. accusative singular of nika

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

niku

  1. genitive singular of nikk

Ingrian

Etymology

From niin ku. Akin to Finnish niinku.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

niku

  1. like, as though
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 29:
      Niku meijen vahti.
      Just like our guardian.
  2. like, the way that
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
      Sanan merkitöstä tämä vokaloin muuttumiin ei muuta, niku tekkööt lyhhyet ja pität vokalat [] .
      This change of the vowels doesn't change the meaning of the word the way short and long vowels do .

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 100
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 340
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 73

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

niku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にく

Votic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈniku/,
  • Rhymes: -iku
  • Hyphenation: ni‧ku

Conjunction

niku

  1. like, as
  2. as if, as though

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “niku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn