nikan

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Related to Finnish nikama (“vertebra”) and Estonian nikastada (“to sprain”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnikɑn/, [ˈnikɑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnikɑn/, [ˈniɡ̊ɑn]
• Rhymes: -ikɑn
• Hyphenation: ni‧kan

Noun

nikan

1. Synonym of piiluu (“vertebra”)
2. Synonym of jalkamuna (“malleolus”)

Declension

Declension of nikan (type 15/syän, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nikan	nikamet
genitive	nikamen	nikamiin
partitive	nikanta, nikant	nikamia
illative	nikamee	nikamii
inessive	nikamees	nikamiis
elative	nikamest	nikamist
allative	nikamelle	nikamille
adessive	nikameel	nikamiil
ablative	nikamelt	nikamilt
translative	nikameks	nikamiks
essive	nikamenna, nikameen	nikaminna, nikamiin
exessive1)	nikament	nikamint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Related terms

• nikahtua (“to sprain”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 340

Manchu

Romanization

nikan

1. Romanization of ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ

Ojibwe

Etymology

ni- +‎ -kan

Noun

nikan

1. my bone

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/nikan-nid

Yoruba

Etymology

From ni (“to be”) +‎ ọ̀kan (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nĩ̀.kã̄/

Verb

nìkan • (Ajami Spelling نِكَن)

1. to be alone in something

Adverb

nìkan

1. only, alone

   Synonyms: lásán, péré

Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - nìkan (“only, alone”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	nùkọn
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	nùkọn
				Ìkòròdú	nùkọn
				Ṣágámù	nùkọn
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	nùkan
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	nọ̀kàn
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	nọ̀kàn
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	nùkan
				Òdè Èkìtì	nùkan
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	nùkan
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	nùkan
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	nìkan
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	nìkan
		Èkó		Èkó	nìkan
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	nìkan
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	nìkan
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo	nìkan
				Ọ̀fà	nìkan
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	nìkan
		Oǹkó		Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	nìkẹn
				Ìwàjówà LGA	nìkẹn
				Kájọlà LGA	nìkan
				Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	nìkẹn
				Ṣakí West LGA	nìkẹn
				Atisbo LGA	nìkẹn
				Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	nìkẹn
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	nìkan
				Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́	nìkan
				Ìkirè	nìkan
				Ìwó	nìkan
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	nìkan
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	nìkan
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	sɔ̃́ŋú
				Atakpamé	sɔ̃́ŋú
				Est-Mono	sɔ̃́ŋú
				Tchetti	sɔ̃́ŋú
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.