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
- muddy area, mire
- Synonym: lokatz
Declension
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
- 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
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
- (active voice, intransitive) to stop, to cease, to halt
- (active voice, intransitive) to stand up, to rise (punctually)
- (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stop in, to stop at
Inflection
Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
Verbs beginning with a consonant. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st-person (I, we) | hikali hika-li |
iihika / iliihika / liihika ii-hika / ilii-hika / lii-hika |
iloohika iloo-hika |
2nd-person (you, you all) | ishhika ish-hika |
hashhika hash-hika | |
3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | hika | (hoo)hika (hoo-)hika |
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
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)
- to hesitate
Conjugation
infinitive nafnháttur | að 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
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhikaʔ/ [ˈhiː.xɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -ikaʔ
- Syllabification: hi‧ka
Noun
hikà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃ)
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)
- alternative form of halika