dika

See also: dīķa

Contents

English

Etymology

Native West African name.

Noun

dika (uncountable)

1. A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia barteri.

Anagrams

• kadi, kaid

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German dick.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdika/
• Hyphenation: di‧ka
• Rhymes: -ika

Adjective

dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)

1. thick

   La pordo estis dika. ― The door was thick.

2. fat

   La opero ne finiĝas, ĝis kantis la dika sinjorino. ― The opera doesn't end until the fat lady has sung.

Antonyms

• maldika

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ka/

Adjective

dika

1. thick

Antonyms

• dina

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǐːka/
• Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)

1. pride
2. fame, glory, honor
3. (obsolete) darling

Declension

Declension of dika

	singular	plural
nominative	dika	dike
genitive	dike	dika
dative	diki	dikama
accusative	diku	dike
vocative	diko	dike
locative	diki	dikama
instrumental	dikom	dikama

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǐka/
• Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)

1. Alternative form of dìkka

Declension

Declension of dika

	singular	plural
nominative	dika	dike
genitive	dike	dika
dative	diki	dikama
accusative	diku	dike
vocative	diko	dike
locative	diki	dikama
instrumental	dikom	dikama

Etymology 3

From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dîka/
• Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)

1. dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia barteri)

Declension

Declension of dika

	singular	plural
nominative	dika	dike
genitive	dike	dika
dative	diki	dikama
accusative	diku	dike
vocative	diko	dike
locative	diki	dikama
instrumental	dikom	dikama

References

• “dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal