diki

See also: díki, dikî, dīķi, and dīķī

Baatonum

Etymology

Compare with Dagbani diɣi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dī.kī/, /dī.ɡī/

Noun

diki (plural dikiba, focus dikiwa, plural focus dikibara)

1. mirror, window

Usage notes

• y-class noun

Descendants

• Yoruba: dígí

References

• Barassounon, Pierre, Biɔ, Sanu, Biɔ, Thébault, Goragui, Léonard, Soutar, Jean (2021 February 17) Dictionnaire Baatonum‎^[1], Philadelphia: SIL International

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch dik.

Adjective

diki

1. thick

Shona

Alternative forms

• doko (Karanga, Manyika)
• duku (Karanga, Manyika)

Adjective

-díki

1. small, little
2. young

Inflection

Inflected forms of -díki

singular			plural
Class 1		mudíki	Class 2		vadíki
Class 3		mudíki	Class 4		midíki
Class 5		díki	Class 6		madíki
Class 7		chidíki	Class 8		zvidíki
Class 9		ndíki	Class 10		ndíki
Class 11		rudíki
Class 12		kadíki	Class 13		tudíki
Class 14		udíki
Class 15		kudíki
Locative classes
Class 16	padíki	Class 17	kudíki	Class 18	mudíki

Note: Manyika dialects have díki in classes 9 and 10.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): -kuru

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English dig.

Verb

diki

1. to dig

Derived terms

• diki ini