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liki

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See also: liki-, līķi, and līķī

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English leak.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈliki]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation: li‧ki

Verb

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liki (present likas, past likis, future likos, conditional likus, volitive liku)

  1. to leak

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Ido: likar

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈliki/, [ˈlik̟i]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation(key): li‧ki

Etymology 1

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liki- +‎ -i (i-lative singular)

Adverb

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liki

  1. almost, nearly, close to (in terms of quantity; usually followed by a number)
    Synonyms: lähes, melkein
    Auto maksaa liki kaksisataatuhatta euroa.The car costs almost 200,000 euros.
    Painan liki sata kiloa.I weigh nearly one hundred kilograms.
Inflection
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See liki-.

Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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< Italian lichi

Noun

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liki

  1. lechwe
Declension
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Inflection of liki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative liki likit
genitive likin likien
partitive likiä likejä
illative likiin likeihin
singular plural
nominative liki likit
accusative nom. liki likit
gen. likin
genitive likin likien
partitive likiä likejä
inessive likissä likeissä
elative likistä likeistä
illative likiin likeihin
adessive likillä likeillä
ablative likiltä likeiltä
allative likille likeille
essive likinä likeinä
translative likiksi likeiksi
abessive likittä likeittä
instructive likein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of liki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative likini likini
accusative nom. likini likini
gen. likini
genitive likini likieni
partitive likiäni likejäni
inessive likissäni likeissäni
elative likistäni likeistäni
illative likiini likeihini
adessive likilläni likeilläni
ablative likiltäni likeiltäni
allative likilleni likeilleni
essive likinäni likeinäni
translative likikseni likeikseni
abessive likittäni likeittäni
instructive
comitative likeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative likisi likisi
accusative nom. likisi likisi
gen. likisi
genitive likisi likiesi
partitive likiäsi likejäsi
inessive likissäsi likeissäsi
elative likistäsi likeistäsi
illative likiisi likeihisi
adessive likilläsi likeilläsi
ablative likiltäsi likeiltäsi
allative likillesi likeillesi
essive likinäsi likeinäsi
translative likiksesi likeiksesi
abessive likittäsi likeittäsi
instructive
comitative likeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative likimme likimme
accusative nom. likimme likimme
gen. likimme
genitive likimme likiemme
partitive likiämme likejämme
inessive likissämme likeissämme
elative likistämme likeistämme
illative likiimme likeihimme
adessive likillämme likeillämme
ablative likiltämme likeiltämme
allative likillemme likeillemme
essive likinämme likeinämme
translative likiksemme likeiksemme
abessive likittämme likeittämme
instructive
comitative likeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative likinne likinne
accusative nom. likinne likinne
gen. likinne
genitive likinne likienne
partitive likiänne likejänne
inessive likissänne likeissänne
elative likistänne likeistänne
illative likiinne likeihinne
adessive likillänne likeillänne
ablative likiltänne likeiltänne
allative likillenne likeillenne
essive likinänne likeinänne
translative likiksenne likeiksenne
abessive likittänne likeittänne
instructive
comitative likeinenne
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Anagrams

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Ido

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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liki

  1. plural of liko

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *liki. Cognates include Finnish liki and Estonian ligi.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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liki

  1. near, close

Preposition

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liki (+ partitive)

  1. close to
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, pages 3-4:
      Neet dialektat ollaa liki toin toista, mut i ero niijen välil kera ono.
      These dialects are close to each other, but there is also a difference between these.
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:
      Yks ono liki Leningradaa, toin Moskovaa, Kalininan, Ivanovon ja Gorjkin linnoin välis.
      One is close to Leningrad, the other to Moscow, between the cities of Kalinin, Ivanovo and Gorky.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 265

Latvian

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Verb

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liki

  1. second-person singular past indicative of likt

Middle English

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Verb

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liki

  1. Alternative form of liken (to like)

Narua

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Noun

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liki

  1. hoof

Yosondúa Mixtec

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Etymology

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

Noun

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liki

  1. woodpecker

References

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  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎[3] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 45