dika
See also: dīķa
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Native West African name.
NounEdit
dika (uncountable)
- A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
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EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)
- thick
- La pordo estis dika. ― The door was thick.
- fat
- La opero ne finiĝas, ĝis kantis la dika sinjorino. ― The opera doesn't end until the fat lady has sung.
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IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
dika
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dika
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)
- Alternative form of dìkka
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dika
Etymology 3Edit
From a Bantu language.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)
- dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dika