liki

See also: liki-, līķi, and līķī

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English leak.

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): [ˈliki]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation: li‧ki

Verb

liki (present likas, past likis, future likos, conditional likus, volitive liku)

  1. to leak

Conjugation
Conjugation of liki
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense likas likis likos
active participle likanta likantaj likinta likintaj likonta likontaj
acc. likantan likantajn likintan likintajn likontan likontajn
passive participle likata likataj likita likitaj likota likotaj
acc. likatan likatajn likitan likitajn likotan likotajn
nominal active participle likanto likantoj likinto likintoj likonto likontoj
acc. likanton likantojn likinton likintojn likonton likontojn
nominal passive participle likato likatoj likito likitoj likoto likotoj
acc. likaton likatojn likiton likitojn likoton likotojn
adverbial active participle likante likinte likonte
adverbial passive participle likate likite likote
infinitive liki imperative liku conditional likus

Descendants
  • Ido: likar

Finnish

Etymology

liki- +‎ -i (i-lative singular)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliki/, [ˈliki]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Syllabification(key): li‧ki

Adverb

liki (+ number)

  1. almost, nearly, close to
    Auto maksaa liki kaksisataatuhatta euroa. ― The car costs almost 200,000 euros.
    Painan liki sata kiloa. ― I weigh nearly one hundred kilograms.
    Synonyms: lähes, melkein

Inflection

See liki-.

Anagrams

Ido

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliki/

Noun

liki

  1. plural of liko

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *liki. Cognates include Finnish liki and Estonian ligi.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈliki/, [ˈlʲiki]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈliki/, [ˈliɡ̊i]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation: li‧ki

Adverb

liki

  1. near, close

Preposition

liki (+ partitive)

  1. close to
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, pages 3-4:
      Neet dialektat ollaa liki toin toista, mut i ero niijen välil kera ono.
      These dialects are close to each other, but there is also a difference between these.

Derived terms

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 265

Latvian

Verb

liki

  1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of likt

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

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Noun

liki

  1. woodpecker

References
  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 45
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