spika

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Icelandic

Noun

spika

  1. indefinite genitive plural of spik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From spȉker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spîka/
  • Hyphenation: spi‧ka

Noun

spȉka f (Cyrillic spelling спи̏ка)

  1. conversation, speech, talk

References

  • “spika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

spika class IX (plural spika class X)

  1. speaker (device to amplify sound)

Noun

spika class V (plural maspika class VI)

  1. (politics) speaker (presiding member in a legislative body)
    spika wa bunge ― speaker of parliament

References

  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (2002) “The Evolution of the Kiswahili Syllable Structure”, in South African Journal of African Language‎, volume 22, number 1, →DOI, page 4 of 1-10

Swedish

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Etymology

spik +‎ -a

Verb

spika (present spikar, preterite spikade, supine spikat, imperative spika)

  1. to drive nails (with a hammer), to nail, to hammer
    spika med en hammare
    drive nails with a hammer
    spika fast stolarna i golvet
    nail the chairs to the floor
    spika upp en anslagstavla på väggen
    nail a bulletin board to the wall
    Grannens spikande väckte mig
    My neighbor's hammering woke me up
  2. to fix a formerly tentative decision, to nail down
    Vi har inte spikat semesterplanerna än
    We haven't nailed down the vacation plans yet
  3. to publicize a dissertation or PhD thesis
  4. (slang) to do perfectly, to get full points (on a test or an exam)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spika (weak)
active passive
infinitive spika spikas
supine spikat spikats
imperative spika —
imper. plural1 spiken —
present past present past
indicative spikar spikade spikas spikades
ind. plural1 spika spikade spikas spikades
subjunctive2 spike spikade spikes spikades
present participle spikande
past participle spikad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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