hika

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hika/ [hi.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ika/ [i.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika, -a
• Hyphenation: hi‧ka

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

hika inan

1. muddy area, mire

   Synonym: lokatz

Declension

Declension of hika (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	hika	hika	hikak
ergative	hikak	hikak	hikek
dative	hikari	hikari	hikei
genitive	hikaren	hikaren	hiken
comitative	hikarekin	hikarekin	hikekin
causative	hikarengatik	hikarengatik	hikengatik
benefactive	hikarentzat	hikarentzat	hikentzat
instrumental	hikaz	hikaz	hikez
inessive	hikatan	hikan	hiketan
locative	hikatako	hikako	hiketako
allative	hikatara	hikara	hiketara
terminative	hikataraino	hikaraino	hiketaraino
directive	hikatarantz	hikarantz	hiketarantz
destinative	hikatarako	hikarako	hiketarako
ablative	hikatatik	hikatik	hiketatik
partitive	hikarik	—	—
prolative	hikatzat	—	—

Etymology 2

From hi (“you”, informal second person singular pronoun) +‎ -ka.

Noun

hika inan

1. a mode of address using the pronoun hi

   Synonym: hitano

Usage notes

This mode of address is primarily used between children, siblings, and people who have been friends since childhood. When addressing someone using this pronoun, all verb forms must be in allocutive agreement. For examples see hi.

Declension

Declension of hika (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	hika	hika	hikak
ergative	hikak	hikak	hikek
dative	hikari	hikari	hikei
genitive	hikaren	hikaren	hiken
comitative	hikarekin	hikarekin	hikekin
causative	hikarengatik	hikarengatik	hikengatik
benefactive	hikarentzat	hikarentzat	hikentzat
instrumental	hikaz	hikaz	hikez
inessive	hikatan	hikan	hiketan
locative	hikatako	hikako	hiketako
allative	hikatara	hikara	hiketara
terminative	hikataraino	hikaraino	hiketaraino
directive	hikatarantz	hikarantz	hiketarantz
destinative	hikatarako	hikarako	hiketarako
ablative	hikatatik	hikatik	hiketatik
partitive	hikarik	—	—
prolative	hikatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• hikatu (“to thou”)

Further reading

• “hika”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hika”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chickasaw

A bilingual stop sign.

Etymology

From the same root as hili, suffixed with -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hí.ka/

Verb

hika

1. (active voice, intransitive) to stop, to cease, to halt
2. (active voice, intransitive) to stand up, to rise (punctually)
3. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stop in, to stop at

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	hikali hika-li	iihika / iliihika / liihika ii-hika / ilii-hika / lii-hika	iloohika iloo-hika
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishhika ish-hika	hashhika hash-hika
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	hika	(hoo)hika (hoo-)hika

Derived terms

• aahikaꞌ
• aao̱hikaꞌ
• ahiika
• akkaayínka
• balaꞌ hikaꞌ
• bissaꞌ hikaꞌ
• chanaa maliliꞌ aahikaꞌ
• hihínka
• híkkiꞌya
• hínka
• híꞌka
• issihat hika
• okaahika
• o̱hika
• piiniꞌ wakaaꞌ aahikaꞌ
• pithika
• satappakahsht hika
• tikbayka

Interjection

hika

1. whoa

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to huka (“to cower, squat”), hokra (“to creep”), all from Old Norse haukr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪːka/

  Rhymes: -ɪːka

Verb

hika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hikaði, supine hikað)

1. to hesitate

Conjugation

hika — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hika
supine (sagnbót)		hikað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hikandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hika	við hikum	present (nútíð)	ég hiki	við hikum
	þú hikar	þið hikið		þú hikir	þið hikið
	hann, hún, það hikar	þeir, þær, þau hika		hann, hún, það hiki	þeir, þær, þau hiki
past (þátíð)	ég hikaði	við hikuðum	past (þátíð)	ég hikaði	við hikuðum
	þú hikaðir	þið hikuðuð		þú hikaðir	þið hikuðuð
	hann, hún, það hikaði	þeir, þær, þau hikuðu		hann, hún, það hikaði	þeir, þær, þau hikuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	hika (þú)	hikið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hikaðu	hikiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

References

• Vol. 17, No. 1, Language Dissertation No. 32: Germanic-Balto-Slavic Etyma (Jan. - Mar., 1941), pp. 5-63

Japanese

Romanization

hika

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひか

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhikaʔ/ [ˈhiː.xɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ikaʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧ka

Noun

hikà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃ)

1. asthma

   Synonyms: asma, hapo

Derived terms

• hikain
• magkahika

Etymology 2

Contraction of halika.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhika/ [ˈhiː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: hi‧ka

Interjection

hika (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃ)

1. Alternative form of halika