pika
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An American pika
piramīda ar sniega pikām 
pika
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries.
Pronunciation
Noun
pika (plural pikas)
- Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.
Derived terms
Translations
furry mammal of the family Ochotonidae
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Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pika anim
Declension
Declension of pika (animate, ending in -a)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | pika | pika | pikak |
| ergative | pikak | pikak | pikek |
| dative | pikari | pikari | pikei |
| genitive | pikaren | pikaren | piken |
| comitative | pikarekin | pikarekin | pikekin |
| causative | pikarengatik | pikarengatik | pikengatik |
| benefactive | pikarentzat | pikarentzat | pikentzat |
| instrumental | pikaz | pikaz | pikez |
| inessive | pikarengan | pikarengan | pikengan |
| locative | — | — | — |
| allative | pikarengana | pikarengana | pikengana |
| terminative | pikarenganaino | pikarenganaino | pikenganaino |
| directive | pikarenganantz | pikarenganantz | pikenganantz |
| destinative | pikarenganako | pikarenganako | pikenganako |
| ablative | pikarengandik | pikarengandik | pikengandik |
| partitive | pikarik | — | — |
| prolative | pikatzat | — | — |
Alternative forms
Breton
Verb
pika
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
pika f
- Obsolete form of píka (“pike”).
- 1873 September 2, “Nauka o zbrani”, in Vlasť, volume III, number 35, page 1:
- Ratiště pik nesmí míti suků, musí býti ohebné a bez kazů.
- Shafts of pikes must not have knots, they must be flexible and without flaws.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pika f
- American pika, Ochotona princepsWP WSp Commons (species within the family Ochotonidae)
- 2002 February 5, Ivo Budil, “Pišťuchu ohrožuje oteplování Země”, in Vesmír, number 12, page 709:
- Sledování života pik v posledním půlstoletí naznačuje, že je může vyhubit už nepatrné zvýšení teploty na Zemi.
- Research of the life of American pikas in the last half-century suggests that even a minute increase of the Earth's temperature can make them extinct.
Declension
Hypernyms
- (genera Vulpes and Urocyon): živočichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; čtyřnožci – superclassis; savci – class; zajícovití – order; pišťuchovití – family; pišťucha – genus
Further reading
- pika in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
pika (accusative singular pikan, plural pikaj, accusative plural pikajn)
- (card games) of the suit of spades (♠).
- la pika aso ― the ace of spades
Related terms
Estonian
Adjective
pika
Finnish
Etymology
From English pika; see it for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
pika
- pika
- (in the plural) the taxonomic family Ochotonidae
Declension
| Inflection of pika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | pika | pikat | ||
| genitive | pikan | pikojen | ||
| partitive | pikaa | pikoja | ||
| illative | pikaan | pikoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | pika | pikat | ||
| accusative | nom. | pika | pikat | |
| gen. | pikan | |||
| genitive | pikan | pikojen pikainrare | ||
| partitive | pikaa | pikoja | ||
| inessive | pikassa | pikoissa | ||
| elative | pikasta | pikoista | ||
| illative | pikaan | pikoihin | ||
| adessive | pikalla | pikoilla | ||
| ablative | pikalta | pikoilta | ||
| allative | pikalle | pikoille | ||
| essive | pikana | pikoina | ||
| translative | pikaksi | pikoiksi | ||
| abessive | pikatta | pikoitta | ||
| instructive | — | pikoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
- piiskujänis (dated)
Derived terms
compounds
- afganistaninpika
- alaskanpika
- altainpika
- amerikanpika
- aropika
- bhutaninpika
- daurianpika
- everestinpika
- gansunpika
- gaoligonginpika
- himalajanpika
- hokkaidonpika
- iraninpika
- isokorvapika
- japaninpika
- kashmirinpika
- kauluspika
- kiinanpika
- kunluninpika
- kääpiöpika
- ladakhinpika
- mongolianpika
- mulinpika
- pikkupika
- pohjanpika
- punakorvapika
- punapika
- sardinianpika
- sichuaninpika
- tienšaninpika
- tiibetinpika
- ylänköpika
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
pika m (plural pikas)
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese picar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pika.
Verb
pika
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
pika (plural pikák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pika | pikák |
| accusative | pikát | pikákat |
| dative | pikának | pikáknak |
| instrumental | pikával | pikákkal |
| causal-final | pikáért | pikákért |
| translative | pikává | pikákká |
| terminative | pikáig | pikákig |
| essive-formal | pikaként | pikákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pikában | pikákban |
| superessive | pikán | pikákon |
| adessive | pikánál | pikáknál |
| illative | pikába | pikákba |
| sublative | pikára | pikákra |
| allative | pikához | pikákhoz |
| elative | pikából | pikákból |
| delative | pikáról | pikákról |
| ablative | pikától | pikáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pikáé | pikáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pikáéi | pikákéi |
| Possessive forms of pika | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pikám | pikáim |
| 2nd person sing. | pikád | pikáid |
| 3rd person sing. | pikája | pikái |
| 1st person plural | pikánk | pikáink |
| 2nd person plural | pikátok | pikáitok |
| 3rd person plural | pikájuk | pikáik |
Derived terms
Further reading
- pika 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
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese picar.
Verb
pika
Latvian
Noun
pika f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of pika (4th declension)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- piken m
Noun
pika f
Pamosu
Noun
pika
Further reading
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
- Yong Lam Liaw, Pamosu Organised Phonology Data (2002)
Pitjantjatjara
Pronunciation
Noun
pika
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French pique. Doublet of pik.
Noun
pika f
Declension
Declension of pika
Related terms
See also
- gizarma
- glewia
- halabarda
- kontarion
- kopia
- korseka
- lanca
- młot lucereński
- partyzana
- rohatyna
- runka
- spisa friulska
- szponton
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
pika m inan
- genitive singular of pik
- (nonstandard, colloquial) accusative singular of pik (a spade in card games)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pika
Further reading
- pika in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pika in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jìpɪka (“to cook, to boil”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Verb
-pika (infinitive kupika)
- to cook
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
pika (present pikar, preterite pikade, supine pikat, imperative pika)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pika (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | pika | pikas | ||
| Supine | pikat | pikats | ||
| Imperative | pika | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | piken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | pikar | pikade | pikas | pikades |
| Ind. plural1 | pika | pikade | pikas | pikades |
| Subjunctive2 | pike | pikade | pikes | pikades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | pikande | |||
| Past participle | pikad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- pika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Waray-Waray
Noun
piká