hiko

hiko

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひこ

Compare with Maori uira, Hawaiian uila, Tahitian uira and Tongan ʻuhila for semantic extension into "electricity". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhi.ko/, [ˈhi.kɔ]

hiko

1. flash, twinkle
2. lightning

   Synonym: uira

3. electricity

   Synonym: uira

hiko

1. (of lightning, etc.) to flash

   Synonyms: karamu, kohiko, kohikohiko, kōwhā, kōhā, rapa, rarapa, uira

   • 1827, “He Tangi Amuamu”, Humai (lyrics):

     E hiko te uira, e rarapa i te rangi / Ko te tohu o te mate, i te hoa ka wehea...

     Lightning flashes, darting across the sky / A sign of death, to the lover now separated...

hiko

1. random, irregular
2. (attributive) electric; electrical; electronic

   Synonym: uira

Of sense 'flash[ing], random or irregular'

Of sense 'lightning, electricity'

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

hiko

1. to stimulate
2. to grab; to grasp

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “hiko”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 59
• “hiko” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

hiko

1. (anatomy) elbow