dika

Native West African name.

dika (countable and uncountable, plural dikas)

1. (countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
2. (uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.

   Synonym: Gaboon chocolate

• kadi, kaid

From German dick.

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

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.

• maldika

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ka/

dika

1. thick

• dina

From Arabic دِيك (dīk, “rooster, cock”), with the feminine suffix -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ka/

dika m or f by sense (plural djuk)

1. hermaphrodite

   Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

dika (plural djuk)

1. hermaphrodite

   Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

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

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

díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)

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

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

dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)

1. alternative form of dìkka

From a Bantu language.

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

dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)

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

• “dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025