vika

Via Pijin from Vangunu, a Solomon Islands language

vika (plural vikas)

1. A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands

   Synonym: Vangunu giant rat

• Uromys vika on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uromys vika on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Uromys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Vaik, kiva

• viĉa

• IPA^(key): [ˈvika]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka

vika (accusative singular vikan, plural vikaj, accusative plural vikajn)

1. Wiccan

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːka/
• Rhymes: -iːka

vika f (genitive singular viku, plural vikur)

1. week

• vikuskifti (“weekend”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋikɑ/, [ˈʋikɑ]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vi‧ka

From Proto-Finnic *vika, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką. Cognate with Estonian viga.

vika

1. flaw, malfunction, failure, problem

   Koneessa on vika.

   There is a malfunction in the machine.

   Kun hän näki vian, hän vain kohautti olkapäitään ja alkoi korjata sitä.

   When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

2. fault

   Se on sinun vikasi.

   It is your fault.

3. stain or flaw in character
4. wrong (adjectival)

   Älä valita! Ruoassasi ei ole mitään vikaa.

   Stop complaining! There's nothing wrong with your food.

   Kännykässäni on jotain vikaa.

   Something is wrong with my cellphone.

• viallinen
• vikaantua
• vioittaa

Clipping of viimeinen (“last”). See also -ka.

vika

1. (colloquial) last

   Vikana hypännyt häviää.

   The one that jumps last loses.

• kiva

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪːka/
• Rhymes: -ɪːka

vika f (genitive singular viku, nominative plural vikur)

1. week

• vikulega
• vikulegur
• vikudagur
• dymbilvika
• kyrravika
• dymbildagavika
• páskavika

From Proto-Finnic *vika. Cognates include Finnish vika and Estonian viga.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋikɑ/, [ˈʋikɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋikɑ/, [ˈʋiɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka

vika

1. fault
2. bad habit
3. handicap (physical disability)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 664

• viken

vika m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vik

From Old Norse víkin f, definite form of Old Norse vík f.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋiːc͡çɑ], [ˈʋiːçɑ], [ˈʋiːkɑ]

vika f

1. definite singular of vik

From Old Norse vika (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield”).

• IPA^(key): [²ʋɪːkɑ], [²ʋɪkːɑ], [²ʋɪkɑ], /²vɪˑka/

vika f (definite singular vika, indefinite plural viker or vikor, definite plural vikene or vikone)

1. a week; (pre-1938) alternative form of veke

From Old Norse víka, víkja, víkva.

• (weak verb): vikja

• IPA^(key): [²ʋiːkɑ]

vika (present tense vik, past tense veik, supine vike, past participle viken, present participle vikande, imperative vik)

1. (intransitive) to give away, yield
2. (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
3. (intransitive) to recede, retreat
4. (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave

• “vika” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “vika” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

vika f

1. week

• Icelandic: vika
• Faroese: vika
• Norn: voga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: veke, vika
• Norwegian: (dialectal) viku, vyku, vuku, væka
• Jamtish: vuku
• Elfdalian: wiku
• Westrobothnian: viku
• Old Swedish: vika
  • Swedish: vecka
• Old Danish: uka, uku, wiku
  • Scanian: uga
  • Danish: uge
    • Norwegian Bokmål: uke
• Old Gutnish: wika
  • Gutnish: vike, vika, viku, vikå

• “vika”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

vika f

1. week

• Swedish: vecka

From Old Norse víkja, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.

vīka

1. to move, to change direction
2. to fold
3. to retreat
4. to yield

• Swedish: vika

• IPA^(key): /ʋîka/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka

vȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ка)

1. shouting, screaming

• vikati

From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.

The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike/weke gewen, where the noun wike means concession, escape.[1] Compare German weichen.

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vika (present viker, preterite vek, supine vikt or vikit, imperative vik)

1. to fold

   De vikte tvätt

   They were folding laundry

2. (colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action

   Jag viker en dag åt mässan.

   I am dedicating a day to the expo.

3. (colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use

   De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom – rör dem inte!

   These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom – don't touch them!

4. (reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure)

   Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.

   Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.

5. (reflexive) to bend (by laughing too much)

   De skrattade så att de vek sig.

   They were rolling on the floor laughing.

6. (reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed

   Jag går och viker mig.

   I'm going to go to bed.

7. (transitive) (viker ut) to unfold, to open a foldout
8. (reflexive) (viker ut) to expose oneself as a (nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online

   Ungdomar viker ut sig som aldrig förr.

   Youngsters expose themselves like never before.

• vika ihop (“fold up, fold”)

• veck
• vik
• vikning
• ovikt

• veckla

vika

1. (in the expression: ge vika) to give way, to give in, to fold (under pressure)

   De föll fem meter när golvet gav vika

   They fell five meters when the floor gave way

   De gav vika för barnens tjat

   They gave in to their children's nagging

   Han blev tvungen att ge vika för deras vilja

   He was forced to give in to their will

   Muren började ge vika för murbräckan

   The wall was starting to give way to the battering ram

• vika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kiva

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvikɑ/, [ˈvikɑ]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka

vika

1. disease
2. fault, mistake, error

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “vika”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn

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-vika^?

1. (transitive) to avoid

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