vika
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Pijin vika, from Vangunu , a Solomon Islands language.
Noun
vika (plural vikas)
- A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands
- Synonym: Vangunu giant rat
Translations
rodent
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References
Uromys vika on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Uromys vika on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Uromys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Esperanto
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
vika (accusative singular vikan, plural vikaj, accusative plural vikajn)
Related terms
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vika f (genitive singular viku, plural vikur)
Declension
| Declension of vika | ||||
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| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vika | vikan | vikur | vikurnar |
| accusative | viku | vikuna | vikur | vikurnar |
| dative | viku | vikuni | vikum | vikunum |
| genitive | viku | vikunnar | vika | vikanna |
Derived terms
- vikuskifti (“weekend”)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *vika, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką. Cognate with Estonian viga.
Noun
vika
- flaw, malfunction, failure, problem
- Koneessa on vika.
- There is a malfunction in the machine.
- Kun hän näki vian, hän vain kohautti olkapäitään ja alkoi korjata sitä.
- When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.
- fault, error, mistake
- Se on sinun vikasi.
- It is your fault.
- flaw, stain (in character)
- Kaikissa meissä vikaa on.
- Everyone has their flaws.
- (something) wrong
- Älä valita! Ruoassasi ei ole mitään vikaa.
- Stop complaining! There's nothing wrong with your food.
- Kännykässäni on jotain vikaa.
- Something is wrong with my cellphone.
Declension
| Inflection of vika (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vika | viat | ||
| genitive | vian | vikojen | ||
| partitive | vikaa | vikoja | ||
| illative | vikaan | vikoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | vika | viat | ||
| accusative | nom. | vika | viat | |
| gen. | vian | |||
| genitive | vian | vikojen vikainrare | ||
| partitive | vikaa | vikoja | ||
| inessive | viassa | vioissa | ||
| elative | viasta | vioista | ||
| illative | vikaan | vikoihin | ||
| adessive | vialla | vioilla | ||
| ablative | vialta | vioilta | ||
| allative | vialle | vioille | ||
| essive | vikana | vikoina | ||
| translative | viaksi | vioiksi | ||
| abessive | viatta | vioitta | ||
| instructive | — | vioin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
- jalkavika
- kehitysvika
- konevika
- korkkivika
- korkkivikainen
- kulumisvika
- kuulovika
- käsivika
- laatuvika
- lahovika
- linjavika
- lonkkavika
- luonnevika
- läppävika
- mielenvikainen
- moottorivika
- pikkuvika
- pintavika
- puhevika
- purentavika
- rakennevika
- ryhtivika
- selkävika
- sukuvika
- sydänhermovika
- sydänvika
- syntymävika
- sähkövika
- taittovika
- tekovika
- tyyppivika
- valmistusvika
- valuvika
- vianetsintä
- vianmääritys
- vikahälytys
- vikailmoitus
- vikakierre
- vikapaikka
- vikapisto
- vikapää
- vikasieto
- vikasietoisuus
- vikasietotila
- vikasoitto
- vikatiheys
- vikatikki
- vikatilanne
- vikatilasto
- vikavirtasuojakytkin
- värivika
- ärrävika
- ässävika
Further reading
- “1. vika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Clipping of viimeinen (“last”). See also -ka.
Adjective
vika (colloquial)
Declension
| Inflection of vika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vika | vikat | |
| genitive | vikan | vikojen | |
| partitive | vikaa | vikoja | |
| illative | vikaan | vikoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vika | vikat | |
| accusative | nom. | vika | vikat |
| gen. | vikan | ||
| genitive | vikan | vikojen vikainrare | |
| partitive | vikaa | vikoja | |
| inessive | vikassa | vikoissa | |
| elative | vikasta | vikoista | |
| illative | vikaan | vikoihin | |
| adessive | vikalla | vikoilla | |
| ablative | vikalta | vikoilta | |
| allative | vikalle | vikoille | |
| essive | vikana | vikoina | |
| translative | vikaksi | vikoiksi | |
| abessive | vikatta | vikoitta | |
| instructive | — | vikoin | |
| comitative | — | vikoine | |
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “2. vika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vika f (genitive singular viku, nominative plural vikur)
Declension
declension of vika
Derived terms
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vika. Cognates include Finnish vika and Estonian viga.
Pronunciation
Noun
vika
Declension
| Declension of vika (type 3/kana, k- gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vika | viat |
| genitive | vian | vikkoin |
| partitive | vikkaa | vikoja |
| illative | vikkaa | vikkoi |
| inessive | vias | viois |
| elative | viast | vioist |
| allative | vialle | vioille |
| adessive | vial | vioil |
| ablative | vialt | vioilt |
| translative | viaks | vioiks |
| essive | vikanna, vikkaan | vikoinna, vikkoin |
| exessive1) | vikant | vikoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 664
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
vika m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse víkin f, definite form of Old Norse vík f.
Pronunciation
Noun
vika f
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vika (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vika f (definite singular vika, indefinite plural viker or vikor, definite plural vikene or vikone)
Etymology 3
From Old Norse víka, víkja, víkva.
Alternative forms
- (weak verb): vikja
Pronunciation
Verb
vika (present tense vik, past tense veik, supine vike, past participle viken, present participle vikande, imperative vik)
- (intransitive) to give away, yield
- (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
- (intransitive) to recede, retreat
- (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave
Derived terms
References
- ^ (in Norwegian (Høgnorsk))
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
Noun
vika f
Declension
Declension of vika (weak ōn-stem)
Descendants
- Icelandic: vika
- Faroese: vika
- Norn: voga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: veke, vika
- Norwegian: (dialectal) viku, vyku, vuku, væka
- Jamtish: vuku
- Elfdalian: wiku
- Old Swedish: vika
- Swedish: vecka
- Old Danish: uka, uku, wiku
- Old Gutnish: wika
References
- “vika”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.
Noun
vika f
Declension
Declension of vika (on-stem)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vika | vikan | viku(r), -o(r) | vikuna(r), -ona(r) |
| accusative | viku, -o | vikuna, -ona | viku(r), -o(r) | vikuna(r), -ona(r) |
| dative | viku, -o | vikunni, -onne | vikum, -om | vikumin, -omen |
| genitive | viku, -o | vikunna(r), -onna(r) | vika | vikanna |
Descendants
- Swedish: vecka
Etymology 2
From Old Norse víkja, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.
Verb
vīka
Declension
Conjugation of vīka (strong)
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vīka | — | |||
| participle | vīkandi, vīkande | vikin | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | vīker | vīki, vīke | — | vēk | viki, vike |
| þū | vīker | vīki, vīke | vīk | vēkt | viki, vike |
| han | vīker | vīki, vīke | — | vēk | viki, vike |
| vīr | vīkum, vīkom | vīkum, vīkom | vīkum, vīkom | vikum, vikom | vikum, vikom |
| īr | vīkin | vīkin | vīkin | vikin | vikin |
| þēr | vīka | vīkin | — | viku, viko | vikin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — |
| han | — | — | — | — | — |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants
- Swedish: vika
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
vȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ка)
Declension
Declension of vika
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva (to fold, turn, head in a direction), from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną. Cognate to Swedish vicka (wiggle).
The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike/weke gewen, where the noun wike means concession, escape. Compare German weichen.
Pronunciation
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Verb
vika (present viker, preterite vek, supine vikt or vikit, imperative vik)
- to fold (into several layers)
- De vikte tvätt
- They were folding laundry
- (colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action
- Jag viker en dag åt mässan.
- I am dedicating a day to the expo.
- (colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use
- De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom – rör dem inte!
- These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom – don't touch them!
- (reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure), to budge
- Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.
- Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.
- (reflexive) to bend (for example from laughing or in pain)
- De skrattade så att de vek sig.
- They were rolling on the floor laughing.
- (usually with in) to turn (slightly, while moving)
- Vi vek in på en stig som vi aldrig hade gått förut
- We turned onto a path that we had never walked before
- (with av) to turn (while moving (so as to deviate from a path – sometimes figuratively))
- Vi vek av från huvudleden, in på en grusväg
- We turned off the main road onto a dirt road
- (with av) to deviate (more generally)
- Synonym: (more common) avvika
- (in "vika åt sidan" or "vika hädan") to move aside, (often) to step aside
- Folk vek åt sidan när han gick genom rummet med svärdet i hand
- People moved aside as he walked through the room with his sword in hand
- Vik hädan dödlig!
- Step aside, mortal!
- (transitive) (vika ut) to unfold, to open a foldout
- (reflexive) (vika ut) to expose oneself as a (more-or-less nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online
- Ungdomar viker ut sig som aldrig förr.
- Youngsters expose themselves like never before.
- (reflexive, figuratively) to talk openly (on personal topics)
- (reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed
- Jag går och viker mig.
- I'm going to go to bed.
Conjugation
Conjugation of vika (class 1 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | vika | vikas | ||
| Supine | vikt, vikit | vikts, vikits | ||
| Imperative | vik | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | viken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | viker | vek | viks, vikes | veks |
| Ind. plural1 | vika | veko | vikas | vekos |
| Subjunctive2 | vike | veke | vikes | vekes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | vikande | |||
| Past participle | vikt, viken | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- vika ihop (“fold up, fold”)
Related terms
See also
- fälla (“to fold (something more or less rigid (so as to bring it into or out of a more compact and often "deactivated" state))”)
- veckla
Adverb
vika
- (in the expression: ge vika) to give way, to give in, to fold (under pressure)
- De föll fem meter när golvet gav vika
- They fell five meters when the floor gave way
- De gav vika för barnens tjat
- They gave in to their children's nagging
- Han blev tvungen att ge vika för deras vilja
- He was forced to give in to their will
- Muren började ge vika för murbräckan
- The wall was starting to give way to the battering ram
References
- ^ Vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
Further reading
- vika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vika.
Pronunciation
Noun
vika
Inflection
| Declension of vika (type III/jalkõ, k-g gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vika | vigad |
| genitive | viga | vikojõ, vikoi |
| partitive | vikka | vikoitõ, vikoi |
| illative | vikkasõ, vikka | vikoisõ |
| inessive | vigaz | vikoiz |
| elative | vigassõ | vikoissõ |
| allative | vigalõ | vikoilõ |
| adessive | vigallõ | vikoillõ |
| ablative | vigaltõ | vikoiltõ |
| translative | vigassi | vikoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vika”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
Xhosa
Etymology
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Verb
-vika?
- (transitive) to avoid
Inflection
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