ika
Bikol Central
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: i‧ka
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈka/
See also
Person | Number | Absolute (ang) | Ergative (sa) | Oblique (sa) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Length | Full | Short | Full | Short | |||
First | singular | ako | ko | sakuya, sako, saako | |||
plural inclusive | kita | nyato | ta | satuya, sato, saato | |||
plural exclusive | kami | nyamo | mi | samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo | |||
Second | singular | ika | ka | mo | saimo, simo,kanimo | ||
plural | kamo | nindo | saindo, kaninyo, sainyo | ||||
Third | singular | siya, iya | niya | saiya, kaniya | |||
plural | sinda | ninda | sainda, kanila | ||||
Busang Kayan
Further reading
- Antonio J. Guerreiro, A Note on Pronouns in the Long Galat and Busang Languages, Borneo Research Bulletin 15:2 (1983)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan (compare Malay ikan).
Noun
ika
- fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales
- Kātahi anō te ika ka kai ki tana matau.
- Then the fish began to bite at his hook.
- Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate.
- When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.
- slain warrior, victim
- (figurative) prized possession
References
- “ika” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Niuatoputapu
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: i‧ka
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/, [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
Etymology 2
Apheresis of wika.
Alternative forms
- 'ika
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: i‧ka
- IPA(key): /ˈʔikaʔ/, [ˈʔi.xɐʔ]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: i‧ka
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/, [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ka/
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
West Albay Bikol
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly of the same origin as ẹ̀ka (“branch”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.kā/
Derived terms
- ìka ẹsẹ̀ (“toe”)
- ìka ìfábẹ̀lá (“index finger”)
- òrùka (“ring”)
- tàka (“to snap”)
- tọ̀ka (“to point”)
Related terms
- àtàǹpàkò (“thumb”)