hika

Basque

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ika/, [i.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /hika/, [ɦi.ka]

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

hika inan

  1. muddy area, mire
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
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], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “hika” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Chickasaw
A bilingual stop sign

Verb

hika

  1. to stop, to halt

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)		 að hika
supine
(sagnbót)		 hikað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 hikandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég hika við hikum present
(nútíð)		 ég hiki við hikum
þú hikar þið hikið þú hikir þið hikið
hann, hún, það hikar þeir, þær, þau hika hann, hún, það hiki þeir, þær, þau hiki
past
(þátíð)		 ég hikaði við hikuðum past
(þátíð)		 ég hikaði við hikuðum
þú hikaðir þið hikuðuð þú hikaðir þið hikuðuð
hann, hún, það hikaði þeir, þær, þau hikuðu hann, hún, það hikaði þeir, þær, þau hikuðu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 hika (þú) hikið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hikaðu hikiði *
* 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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈhikaʔ/, [ˈhi.xɐʔ]

Noun

hikà

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

Etymology 2

Contraction of halika.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈhika/, [ˈhi.xɐ]

Interjection

hika

  1. Alternative form of halika
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