ika

See also: ikä, ĩka, -iką, and -ika

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

iká (Basahan spelling ᜁᜃ)

1. you (exclusive singular)

See also

Bikol Central personal pronouns

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

Pronoun

ika

1. you (second-person singular)

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

Conjunction

ika

1. with

Chuukese

Conjunction

ika

1. if
2. or

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.

Noun

ika

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.kaʔ/

Noun

ika

1. sister-in-law; brother-in-law

Japanese

Romanization

ika

1. Rōmaji transcription of いか
2. Rōmaji transcription of イカ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• kaé, ka (clipping)

Determiner

ika

1. (dialectal) yonder

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

íka

1. you (exclusive singular)

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

1. 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.

2. slain warrior, victim
3. (figurative) prized possession

Etymology 2

Noun

ika

1. 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.

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.

Noun

ika

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Rapa Nui

Te ika (1).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/
• Hyphenation: i‧ka

Noun

ika

1. fish
2. war casualty

Derived terms

• kōhau ika
• pātia ika

 

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 30
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 132

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of 'ika

Derived terms

• ika nga
• ikako
• ikamo

 

See also

• daw

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Particle

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

1. (Bataan) added to sentences as a filler

Further reading

• “ika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Malay ikat.

Verb

ika

1. to bind

Tokelauan

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

1. fish
2. coconut crab
3. turtle
4. rear end of a canoe

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 28

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/

Noun

ika

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika.

Noun

ika

1. fish

Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪka]

Adverb

ika

1. there

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

ika

1. else, otherwise
2. 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]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Albay Bikol

Pronoun

ika

1. (exclusive, singular) you

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Doublet of ẹ̀ka

Alternative forms

• ùka, ụ̀ka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.kā/

Noun

ìka

1. 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

1. wicked (person); evil (person)

   Synonym: (Èkìtì) idà

   Antonym: ibi

   Ìkà ni wọ́n ― They are wicked