tik
English edit
Etymology edit
Early 21st century, perhaps imitative of the popping sounds made by meth being lit and smoked.[1]
Noun edit
tik (uncountable)
- (South Africa, slang) crystal meth or speed.
- 2004 June 8, “On the Tik-Tik express”, in SABC News[1], archived from the original on 2 June 2006:
- This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape.
- 2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, page 12:
- Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.
- 2020 October 10, Mike Simpson, “More seizures of drug consignments on long-distance buses”, in The South African[2]:
- Hardly a week goes by without news of a crime bust of some kind involving one of the buses travelling cross-country, with everything from mandrax to tik, marijuana and abalone finding its way on board.
References edit
- ^ “tik”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
tik (present tik, present participle tikkende, past participle getik)
- (transitive, intransitive) to tap
- (transitive) to type
- (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to use crystal meth
- Synonym: tjoef
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tik (plural tikke)
- tap
- (Cape Afrikaans, uncountable) crystal meth
- Synonym: tjoef
Derived terms edit
Choctaw edit
Noun edit
tīk (inalienable)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tik m inan
Declension edit
Dinka edit
Noun edit
References edit
- Dinka-English Dictionary[3], 2005
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From tikken.
Noun edit
tik m (plural tikken, diminutive tikje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
tik
- inflection of tikken:
Anagrams edit
Garo edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
tik
Hausa edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Ideophone edit
tîk
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tik (plural tikok)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tik | tikok |
accusative | tikot | tikokat |
dative | tiknak | tikoknak |
instrumental | tikkal | tikokkal |
causal-final | tikért | tikokért |
translative | tikká | tikokká |
terminative | tikig | tikokig |
essive-formal | tikként | tikokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tikban | tikokban |
superessive | tikon | tikokon |
adessive | tiknál | tikoknál |
illative | tikba | tikokba |
sublative | tikra | tikokra |
allative | tikhoz | tikokhoz |
elative | tikból | tikokból |
delative | tikról | tikokról |
ablative | tiktól | tikoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
tiké | tikoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
tikéi | tikokéi |
Possessive forms of tik | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tikom | tikjaim |
2nd person sing. | tikod | tikjaid |
3rd person sing. | tikja | tikjai |
1st person plural | tikunk | tikjaink |
2nd person plural | tikotok | tikjaitok |
3rd person plural | tikjuk | tikjaik |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronoun edit
tik
- (personal, folksy) Alternative form of ti (“you, plural”).
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- (folksy alternative form of tyúk (“hen”)): tik , redirecting to tyúk 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
- (folksy alternative form of ti (“you all”)): tik , redirecting to (1): ti 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
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ketik (nonstandard)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tik (first-person possessive tikku, second-person possessive tikmu, third-person possessive tiknya)
- typewriter (a device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian edit
Adverb edit
tik
- so
- tik daudz ― so many
Particle edit
tik
Lithuanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
tik (not comparable)
Conjunction edit
tik
- but, yet, just (introduces a concession)
Particle edit
tik
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Of imitative origin.
Interjection edit
tìk
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
tìk
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tik f or m (definite singular tika or tiken, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tik f (definite singular tika, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tik m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- tik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sudovian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian tìk, Latvian tik, however Old Prussian ter (“only”).[1][2]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Particle edit
tik
- only, just
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 21, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References edit
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 80: “tik ‘tik, tiktai, l. tylko’ 21.”
- ^ “tìk” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. tik part. ‘nur’”.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare English tyke.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tik c
Declension edit
Declension of tik | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tik | tiken | tikar | tikarna |
Genitive | tiks | tikens | tikars | tikarnas |
Tatar edit
Adjective edit
tik
Turkish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ottoman Turkish تیك (tik), from French tic.
Noun edit
tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)
Etymology 2 edit
From Ottoman Turkish تیك (tik), from English teak.
Noun edit
tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)
- teak [from 19th c.]
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)
- tick (check mark) [from 2002]
- 2023 May 4, “Kılıçdaroğlu'na 'gri tik' verildi”, in Cumhuriyet:
- Millet İttifakı’nın Cumhurbaşkanı adayı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun Twitter hesabına "gri tik" verildi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “tik”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tik1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tik2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tik3”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka.
Noun edit
tik
Declension edit
Inflection of tik (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | tik | ||
genitive sing. | tikan | ||
partitive sing. | tikad | ||
partitive plur. | tikoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tik | tikad | |
accusative | tikan | tikad | |
genitive | tikan | tikoiden | |
partitive | tikad | tikoid | |
essive-instructive | tikan | tikoin | |
translative | tikaks | tikoikš | |
inessive | tikas | tikoiš | |
elative | tikaspäi | tikoišpäi | |
illative | tikaha | tikoihe | |
adessive | tikal | tikoil | |
ablative | tikalpäi | tikoilpäi | |
allative | tikale | tikoile | |
abessive | tikata | tikoita | |
comitative | tikanke | tikoidenke | |
prolative | tikadme | tikoidme | |
approximative I | tikanno | tikoidenno | |
approximative II | tikannoks | tikoidennoks | |
egressive | tikannopäi | tikoidennopäi | |
terminative I | tikahasai | tikoihesai | |
terminative II | tikalesai | tikoilesai | |
terminative III | tikassai | — | |
additive I | tikahapäi | tikoihepäi | |
additive II | tikalepäi | tikoilepäi |
Volapük edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tik (nominative plural tiks)
- thought (object or instance of thinking)