spika

Icelandic

Noun

spika

1. indefinite genitive plural of spik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From spȉker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spîka/
• Hyphenation: spi‧ka

Noun

spȉka f (Cyrillic spelling спи̏ка)

1. conversation, speech, talk

References

• “spika” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

spika (n class, plural spika)

1. speaker (device to amplify sound)

Noun

spika (ma class, plural maspika)

1. (politics) speaker (presiding member in a legislative body)

   spika wa bunge ― speaker of parliament

Swedish

Etymology

spik +‎ -a

Verb

spika (present spikar, preterite spikade, supine spikat, imperative spika)

1. to nail (employ a nail as a fastener)
2. to fix a formerly tentative decision
3. to publicize a dissertation or PhD thesis
4. (slang) to do perfectly, to get full points (on a test or an exam)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spika (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spika		spikas
Supine	spikat		spikats
Imperative	spika		—
Imper. plural1	spiken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spikar	spikade	spikas	spikades
Ind. plural1	spika	spikade	spikas	spikades
Subjunctive2	spike	spikade	spikes	spikades
	Participles
Present participle	spikande
Past participle	spikad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• spikare
• spikning
• spik

Anagrams

• piska