dika

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See also: dīķa

English

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Etymology

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Native West African name.

Noun

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dika (countable and uncountable, plural dikas)

  1. (countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
  2. (uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From German dick.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdika]
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Adjective

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dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)

  1. thick
    La pordo estis dika.The door was thick.
  2. fat
    La opero ne finiĝas, ĝis kantis la dika sinjorino.The opera doesn't end until the fat lady has sung.

Antonyms

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Ido

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Etymology

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From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dika

  1. thick

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Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic دِيك (dīk, rooster, cock), with the feminine suffix -a.

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Noun

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dika m or f by sense (plural djuk)

  1. hermaphrodite
    Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

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dika (plural djuk)

  1. hermaphrodite
    Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (blessing), from the language of Church liturgy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dǐːka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

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díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)

  1. pride
  2. fame, glory, honor
  3. (obsolete) darling
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dǐka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

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dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)

  1. Alternative form of dìkka
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Etymology 3

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From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dîka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

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dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)

  1. dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
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References

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  • dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024