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English
Pronunciation
Noun
tike (plural tikes)
- Alternative spelling of tyke (mongrel dog)
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Bobtaile tike, or trundletaile, Tom will make them weep & waile,
- Alternative spelling of tyke (Yorkshireman)
- A boorish person.
- Archaic form of tick (a kind of arthropod)
Anagrams
Tabaru
Etymology
Cognate with Ternate tike.
Pronunciation
Verb
tike
- (transitive) to seek, look for
- 'una wotike 'o babaasana ― he looked for a cudgel
References
- Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Ternate
Etymology
Cognate with Tabaru tike.
Pronunciation
Verb
tike
- (transitive) to seek, look for
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تیكه (tike, “piece”), from Proto-Turkic *tikü (“piece”). Cognate with Karakhanid تِكُو (tikǖ, “piece, slice”).
Noun
tike (definite accusative tikeyi, plural tikeler)
- (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye) piece; especially meat cut in pieces
Declension