ika

See also: ikä, ĩka, -iką, and -ika

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔiˈka/ [ʔiˈka]
Hyphenation: i‧ka

Pronoun

iká (Basahan spelling ᜁᜃ)

you (exclusive singular)

Pronoun

ika

you (second-person singular)

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

ika

with

Conjunction

ika

if
or

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.

Noun

ika

fish (vertebrate animal)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.kaʔ/

Noun

ika

sister-in-law; brother-in-law

Romanization

ika

Rōmaji transcription of いか
Rōmaji transcription of イカ

Alternative forms

kaé, ka (clipping)

Determiner

ika

(dialectal) yonder

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈikə/ [ˈiː.xə]
Hyphenation: i‧ka

Pronoun

íka

you (exclusive singular)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

ika

cluster, band, troop, group, company, heap

References

“ika” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

ika

fish (vertebrate animal)

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Maori ika.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/
Hyphenation: i‧ka

Noun

ika

fish
war casualty

Derived terms

References

Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 30
Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 132

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ
Syllabification: i‧ka

Noun

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

slight limp while walking
Synonyms: ikod, tikod

Derived terms

iika-ika
pag-ika
umika

Etymology 2

Apheresis of wika.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔikaʔ/ [ˈʔiː.xɐʔ], /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
Rhymes: -ikaʔ, -aʔ
Syllabification: i‧ka

Adjective

ikà or ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

Alternative form of 'ika

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ
Syllabification: i‧ka

Particle

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

(Bataan) added to sentences as a filler

Etymology

From Malay ikat.

Verb

ika

to bind

Te ika (1).

Te ika (2).

Te ika (3).

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Samoan i'a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈi.ka]
Hyphenation: i‧ka

Noun

ika

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 28

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/

Noun

ika

fish (vertebrate animal)

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika.

Noun

ika

fish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɪka]

Adverb

ika

there

Etymology

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Conjunction

ika

else, otherwise
or, or else

References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “а, иначе, то”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Pronoun

ika

(exclusive, singular) you

Etymology 1

Doublet of ẹ̀ka

Alternative forms

ùka, ụ̀ka

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ì.kā/

Noun

ìka

finger, toe
Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ọ̀kị̀ka, ọmọ-ìka

Derived terms

tọ́ka (“to point”)
tàka (“to snap”)
ìka ẹsẹ̀ (“toe”)
ìka ìfábẹ̀lá (“index finger”)
ìkasẹ̀ (“toe”)
ìkawọ́ (“finger”)
òrùka (“ring”)

Related terms

àtàǹpàkò (“thumb”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ì.kà/

Noun

ìkà

wicked (person); evil (person)
Synonym: (Èkìtì) idà

Antonym: ibi

Ìkà ni wọ́n ― They are wicked

Person	Number	Absolute (ang)		Ergative (sa)		Oblique (sa)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short	Oblique (sa)
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
Second	plural	kamo		nindo		saindo, kaninyo, sainyo
Third	singular	siya, iya		niya		saiya, kaniya
Third	plural	sinda		ninda		sainda, kanila

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