-lika
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lìkti (“to stay, be left”), denoting how many are left over after counting to 10.[1] For a semantic parallel (albeit from a different Indo-European root), compare Proto-Germanic *-lif.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-lika
- suffix used for numbers from 11 to 19
Declension
[edit]This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
[edit]- aštuoniólika (“eighteen”)
- devyniólika (“nineteen”)
- dvýlika (“twelve”)
- keturiólika (“fourteen”)
- penkiólika (“fifteen”)
- septyniólika (“seventeen”)
- šešiólika (“sixteen”)
- trýlika (“thirteen”)
- vienúolika (“eleven”)
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lìkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 356
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]What are now vowel-final verb stems originally had an -l-, which resurfaces whenever a suffix is added. The rule was then extended to borrowed words by analogy.
Suffix
[edit]-lika (mid vowel harmony variant -leka)
- Alternative form of -ika used in verbs ending in two vowels that are neither i nor e, and in some verbs ending in -ia or -ea