sikka

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Elfdalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse søkkva, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną. Cognate with Swedish sjunka.

Verb[edit]

sikka

  1. to sink

Inflection[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
s-k-k
1 term

From Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

Noun[edit]

sikka f (dual sikktejn, plural sikek)

  1. ploughshare

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Sicilian sicca.

Noun[edit]

sikka f (plural sikek or sikki)

  1. riff, underwater rock, sandbank