English
Noun
zika (uncountable)
- The disease caused by the Zika virus.
2016 January 13, Jessica Glenza, “First case of tropical zika virus linked to serious birth defect found in Texas”, in The Guardian[1]:Dr Umair A Shah, executive director of the Harris County department of public health, said, “It’s probably not a case of if we get zika in our native mosquitoes, it’s probably a case of when we get zika in our native mosquitoes.”
- The Zika virus.
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From mùzika.
Noun
zika f (Cyrillic spelling зика)
- (colloquial) music
- Synonyms: glàzba, mùzika
Spanish
Noun
zika m (plural zikas)
- zika
2016 March, “El MSP ahora con vía libre para ir tras el Aedes aegypti”, in El Pais (Uruguay)[2]:El Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP) llamó a extremar las medidas para combatir al mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmisor de los virus del dengue, el zika y el chikungunya, a partir del regreso masivo de uruguayos que viajaron al exterior.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-zika (infinitive kuzika)
- to bury, inter
- to attend a funeral
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -zika
|
| Positive present
|
-nazika
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| Subjunctive
|
-zike
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| Negative
|
-ziki
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| Imperative singular
|
zika
|
|
| Infinitives
|
| Positive
|
kuzika
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| Negative
|
kutozika
|
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| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
zika
|
| Plural
|
zikeni
|
|
| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
|
huzika
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lizika
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| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuzika
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazika)
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|
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Singular
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Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninazika/nazika
|
tunazika
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| 2nd person
|
unazika
|
mnazika
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anazika
|
wanazika
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| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nazika
|
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -ziki)
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|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
siziki
|
hatuziki
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| 2nd person
|
huziki
|
hamziki
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
haziki
|
hawaziki
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| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -ziki
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tazika
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| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tazika
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|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zike)
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|
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Singular
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Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nizike
|
tuzike
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| 2nd person
|
uzike
|
mzike
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
azike
|
wazike
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -zike
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sizike
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngezika
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| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singezika
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| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalizika
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| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalizika
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|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azika)
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|
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Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nazika
|
twazika
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| 2nd person
|
wazika
|
mwazika
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
azika
|
wazika
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wazika
|
yazika
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lazika
|
yazika
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chazika
|
vyazika
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yazika
|
zazika
|
| u(XI)
|
wazika
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwazika
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
pazika
|
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| mu(XVIII)
|
mwazika
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|
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| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mezika
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshazika
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jazika
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kizika
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipozika
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| Consecutive
|
kazika / positive subject concord + -kazika
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kazike
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
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|
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Singular
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Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-nizika
|
-tuzika
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| 2nd person
|
-kuzika
|
-wazika/-kuzikeni/-wazikeni
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-mzika
|
-wazika
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-uzika
|
-izika
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lizika
|
-yazika
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kizika
|
-vizika
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-izika
|
-zizika
|
| u(XI)
|
-uzika
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kuzika
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pazika
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-muzika
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| Reflexive
|
-jizika
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zika- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-zikaye
|
-zikao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-zikao
|
-zikayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-zikalo
|
-zikayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-zikacho
|
-zikavyo
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| n(IX/X)
|
-zikayo
|
-zikazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-zikao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-zikako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-zikapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-zikamo
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|
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zika)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yezika
|
-ozika
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-ozika
|
-yozika
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lozika
|
-yozika
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chozika
|
-vyozika
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yozika
|
-zozika
|
| u(XI)
|
-ozika
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kozika
|
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| pa(XVI)
|
-pozika
|
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-mozika
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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