-lika

Lithuanian

Etymology

From li̇̀kti (“to stay, be left”), denoting how many are left over after counting to 10. For a semantic parallel (albeit from a different Indo-European root), compare Proto-Germanic *-lif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪkɐ]

Suffix

-lika

1. suffix used for numbers from 11 to 19

Declension

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Derived terms

• aštuoniólika (“eighteen”)
• devyniólika (“nineteen”)
• dvýlika (“twelve”)
• keturiólika (“fourteen”)
• penkiólika (“fifteen”)
• septyniólika (“seventeen”)
• šešiólika (“sixteen”)
• trýlika (“thirteen”)
• vienúolika (“eleven”)

Swahili

Etymology

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

-lika (mid vowel harmony variant -leka)

1. 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

   ‎-vaa (“to wear”) + ‎-lika → ‎-valika (“to be wearable”)

   ‎-sahau (“to forget”) + ‎-lika → ‎-sahaulika (“to be forgotten, to be forgettable”)

   ‎-zoea (“to get used to”) + ‎leka → ‎-zoeleka (“to be familiar with”)

   ‎-zuia (“to restrain”) + ‎-lika → ‎-zuilika (“to be restrained”)

Derived terms

• Swahili stative verbs