nikka

See also: -nikka

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Modification of nigger or nigga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: knicker, nicker (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)

  1. (slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger.
    • 2004, Arar Han, John Y. Hsu, Asian American X
      Then there's the wigga (wannabe nigga, to fit everyone), who will probably have all that AzN PrldE junk, yet call everyone "nigga" or "nikka" trying to be black.
    What's crackin' my nikka?

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish nikke, from Middle Low German nicken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪʰkːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʰkːa
  • Homophone: nikkað

Verb

nikka (third person singular past indicative nikkaði, third person plural past indicative nikkaðu, supine nikkað)

  1. nod
  2. bow

Conjugation

Conjugation of nikka (group v-30)
infinitive nikka
supine nikkað
participle (a6)1 nikkandi nikkaður
present past
first singular nikki nikkaði
second singular nikkar nikkaði
third singular nikkar nikkaði
plural nikka nikkaðu
imperative
singular nikka!
plural nikkið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms


Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nikka, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnikːɑ/, [ˈnikːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ikːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nik‧ka

Noun

nikka

  1. hiccups

Declension

Inflection of nikka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative nikka nikat
genitive nikan nikkojen
partitive nikkaa nikkoja
illative nikkaan nikkoihin
singular plural
nominative nikka nikat
accusative nom. nikka nikat
gen. nikan
genitive nikan nikkojen
nikkainrare
partitive nikkaa nikkoja
inessive nikassa nikoissa
elative nikasta nikoista
illative nikkaan nikkoihin
adessive nikalla nikoilla
ablative nikalta nikoilta
allative nikalle nikoille
essive nikkana nikkoina
translative nikaksi nikoiksi
instructive nikoin
abessive nikatta nikoitta
comitative nikkoineen
Possessive forms of nikka (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person nikkani nikkamme
2nd person nikkasi nikkanne
3rd person nikkansa

Synonyms

Anagrams


Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Danish nikke.

Verb

nikka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nikkaði, supine nikkað)

  1. to make a slight movement with the head to greet someone or to point to something
  2. to nod
    Synonym: kinka kolli
  3. (soccer) to head, to strike a soccer ball with the head
    Hann sendi áfram á Steingrím Jóhannesson sem nikkaði boltanum með kollinum framhjá varnarmanni Fylkis(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Clipping of harmónikka.

Noun

nikka f (genitive singular nikku, nominative plural nikkur)

  1. accordion
Declension

Japanese

Romanization

nikka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にっか

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

nikka

  1. inflection of nikke:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German nicken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²nɪkːɑ/

Verb

nikka (present tense nikkar, past tense nikka, past participle nikka, passive infinitive nikkast, present participle nikkande, imperative nikka/nikk)

  1. to nod (bow one's head)
  2. (in football) to head (to play the ball with one's head)

References

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