hika

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hika/ [hi.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ika/ [i.ka]
  • Rhymes: -ika, -a
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ka

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

hika inan

  1. muddy area, mire
    Synonym: lokatz
Declension
Declension of hika (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive hika hika hikak
ergative hikak hikak hikek
dative hikari hikari hikei
genitive hikaren hikaren hiken
comitative hikarekin hikarekin hikekin
causative hikarengatik hikarengatik hikengatik
benefactive hikarentzat hikarentzat hikentzat
instrumental hikaz hikaz hikez
inessive hikatan hikan hiketan
locative hikatako hikako hiketako
allative hikatara hikara hiketara
terminative hikataraino hikaraino hiketaraino
directive hikatarantz hikarantz hiketarantz
destinative hikatarako hikarako hiketarako
ablative hikatatik hikatik hiketatik
partitive hikarik
prolative hikatzat

Etymology 2

From hi (you, informal second person singular pronoun) +‎ -ka.

Noun

hika inan

  1. a mode of address using the pronoun hi
    Synonym: hitano
Usage notes

This mode of address is primarily used between children, siblings, and people who have been friends since childhood. When addressing someone using this pronoun, all verb forms must be in allocutive agreement. For examples see hi.

Declension
Declension of hika (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive hika hika hikak
ergative hikak hikak hikek
dative hikari hikari hikei
genitive hikaren hikaren hiken
comitative hikarekin hikarekin hikekin
causative hikarengatik hikarengatik hikengatik
benefactive hikarentzat hikarentzat hikentzat
instrumental hikaz hikaz hikez
inessive hikatan hikan hiketan
locative hikatako hikako hiketako
allative hikatara hikara hiketara
terminative hikataraino hikaraino hiketaraino
directive hikatarantz hikarantz hiketarantz
destinative hikatarako hikarako hiketarako
ablative hikatatik hikatik hiketatik
partitive hikarik
prolative hikatzat
Derived terms
  • hikatu (to thou)

Further reading

  • hika”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • hika”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chickasaw

Etymology

From the same root as hili, suffixed with -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hí.ka/

Verb

hika

  1. (active voice, intransitive) to stop, to cease, to halt
  2. (active voice, intransitive) to stand up, to rise (punctually)
  3. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stop in, to stop at

Inflection

Derived terms

  • aahikaꞌ
  • aao̱hikaꞌ
  • ahiika
  • akkaayínka
  • balaꞌ hikaꞌ
  • bissaꞌ hikaꞌ
  • chanaa maliliꞌ aahikaꞌ
  • hihínka
  • híkkiꞌya
  • hínka
  • híꞌka
  • issihat hika
  • okaahika
  • o̱hika
  • piiniꞌ wakaaꞌ aahikaꞌ
  • pithika
  • satappakahsht hika
  • tikbayka

Interjection

hika

  1. whoa

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to huka (to cower, squat), hokra (to creep), all from Old Norse haukr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪːka/
    Rhymes: -ɪːka

Verb

hika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hikaði, supine hikað)

  1. to hesitate

Conjugation

hika – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur hika
supine sagnbót hikað
present participle
hikandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég hika hikaði hiki hikaði
þú hikar hikaðir hikir hikaðir
hann, hún, það hikar hikaði hiki hikaði
plural við hikum hikuðum hikum hikuðum
þið hikið hikuðuð hikið hikuðuð
þeir, þær, þau hika hikuðu hiki hikuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hika (þú), hikaðu
plural þið hikið (þið), hikiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

References

  • Vol. 17, No. 1, Language Dissertation No. 32: Germanic-Balto-Slavic Etyma (Jan. - Mar., 1941), pp. 5-63

Japanese

Romanization

hika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひか

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhikaʔ/ [ˈhiː.xɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ikaʔ
  • Syllabification: hi‧ka

Noun

hikà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃ)

  1. asthma
    Synonyms: asma, hapo
Derived terms
  • hikain
  • magkahika

Etymology 2

Contraction of halika.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhika/ [ˈhiː.xɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Syllabification: hi‧ka

Interjection

hika (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃ)

  1. alternative form of halika