See also: ikä, ĩka, -iką, and -ika

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈka/, [ʔiˈka]
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Pronoun edit

iká (Basahan spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. you (exclusive singular)

See also edit


Busang Kayan edit

Pronoun edit

ika

  1. you (second-person singular)

Further reading edit

Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Pronunciation edit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Conjunction edit

ika

  1. with

Chuukese edit

Conjunction edit

ika

  1. if
  2. or

Fijian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Pacific *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun edit

ika

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Iban edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /i.kaʔ/

Noun edit

ika

  1. sister-in-law; brother-in-law

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いか
  2. Rōmaji transcription of イカ

Javanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Determiner edit

ika

  1. (dialectal) yonder

Kapampangan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: i‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈikə/, [ˈiː.xə]

Pronoun edit

íka

  1. you (exclusive singular)

Maori edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan (compare Malay ikan).

Noun edit

ika

  1. fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales
    Kātahi anō te ika ka kai ki tana matau.
    Then the fish began to bite at his hook.
    Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate.
    When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.
  2. slain warrior, victim
  3. (figurative) prized possession

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ika

  1. cluster, band, troop, group, company, heap

References edit

  • ika” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Niuatoputapu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun edit

ika

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Rapa Nui edit

 
Te ika (1).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Maori ika.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.ka/
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Noun edit

ika

  1. fish
  2. war casualty

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 30
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 132

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: i‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/, [ʔɪˈxaʔ]

Noun edit

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. slight limp while walking
    Synonyms: ikod, tikod
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Apheresis of wika.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: i‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔikaʔ/, [ˈʔi.xɐʔ]
  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/, [ʔɪˈxaʔ]

Adjective edit

ikà or ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. Alternative form of 'ika
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: i‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/, [ʔɪˈxaʔ]

Particle edit

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

  1. (Bataan) added to sentences as a filler

Further reading edit

  • ika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From Malay ikat.

Verb edit

ika

  1. to bind

Tokelauan edit

Te ika (1).
Te ika (2).
Te ika (3).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Samoan i'a.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈi.ka]
  • Hyphenation: i‧ka

Noun edit

ika

  1. fish
  2. coconut crab
  3. turtle
  4. rear end of a canoe

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 28

Tongan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ika

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Tuvaluan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ika.

Noun edit

ika

  1. fish

Unami edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

ika

  1. there

Veps edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction edit

ika

  1. else, otherwise
  2. or, or else

References edit

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “а, иначе, то”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Albay Bikol edit

Pronoun edit

ika

  1. (exclusive, singular) you

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

Doublet of ẹ̀ka

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìka

  1. finger, toe
    Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ọ̀kị̀ka, ọmọ-ìka
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìkà

  1. wicked (person); evil (person)
    Synonym: (Èkìtì) idà
    Antonym: ibi
    Ìkà ni wọ́nThey are wicked