hika

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hika/ [hi.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ika/ [i.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika, -a
• Hyphenation: hi‧ka

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

hika inan

1. muddy area, mire

   Synonym: lokatz

Declension

Declension of hika (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	hika	hika	hikak	hikok
ergative	hikak	hikak	hikek	hikok
dative	hikari	hikari	hikei	hikoi
genitive	hikaren	hikaren	hiken	hikon
comitative	hikarekin	hikarekin	hikekin	hikokin
causative	hikarengatik	hikarengatik	hikengatik	hikongatik
benefactive	hikarentzat	hikarentzat	hikentzat	hikontzat
instrumental	hikaz	hikaz	hikez	hikotaz
inessive	hikatan	hikan	hiketan	hikotan
locative	hikatako	hikako	hiketako	hikotako
allative	hikatara	hikara	hiketara	hikotara
terminative	hikataraino	hikaraino	hiketaraino	hikotaraino
directive	hikatarantz	hikarantz	hiketarantz	hikotarantz
destinative	hikatarako	hikarako	hiketarako	hikotarako
ablative	hikatatik	hikatik	hiketatik	hikotatik
partitive	hikarik	—	—	—
prolative	hikatzat	—	—	—

Etymology 2

From hi (“you”, informal second person singular pronoun) +‎ -ka.

Noun

hika inan

1. a mode of address using the pronoun hi

   Synonym: hitano

Usage notes

This mode of address is primarily used between children, siblings, and people who have been friends since childhood. When addressing someone using this pronoun, all verb forms must be in allocutive agreement. For examples see hi.

Declension

Declension of hika (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	hika	hika	hikak	hikok
ergative	hikak	hikak	hikek	hikok
dative	hikari	hikari	hikei	hikoi
genitive	hikaren	hikaren	hiken	hikon
comitative	hikarekin	hikarekin	hikekin	hikokin
causative	hikarengatik	hikarengatik	hikengatik	hikongatik
benefactive	hikarentzat	hikarentzat	hikentzat	hikontzat
instrumental	hikaz	hikaz	hikez	hikotaz
inessive	hikatan	hikan	hiketan	hikotan
locative	hikatako	hikako	hiketako	hikotako
allative	hikatara	hikara	hiketara	hikotara
terminative	hikataraino	hikaraino	hiketaraino	hikotaraino
directive	hikatarantz	hikarantz	hiketarantz	hikotarantz
destinative	hikatarako	hikarako	hiketarako	hikotarako
ablative	hikatatik	hikatik	hiketatik	hikotatik
partitive	hikarik	—	—	—
prolative	hikatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• hikatu (“to thou”)

Further reading

• “hika”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hika”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chickasaw

A bilingual stop sign.

Etymology

From the same root as hili, suffixed with -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hí.ka/

Verb

hika

1. (active voice, intransitive) to stop, to cease, to halt
2. (active voice, intransitive) to stand up, to rise (punctually)
3. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stop in, to stop at

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	hikali hika-li	iihika / iliihika / liihika ii-hika / ilii-hika / lii-hika	iloohika iloo-hika
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishhika ish-hika	hashhika hash-hika
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	hika	(hoo)hika (hoo-)hika

Derived terms

• aahikaꞌ
• aao̱hikaꞌ
• ahiika
• akkaayínka
• balaꞌ hikaꞌ
• bissaꞌ hikaꞌ
• chanaa maliliꞌ aahikaꞌ
• hihínka
• híkkiꞌya
• hínka
• híꞌka
• issihat hika
• okaahika
• o̱hika
• piiniꞌ wakaaꞌ aahikaꞌ
• pithika
• satappakahsht hika
• tikbayka

Interjection

hika

1. whoa

Choctaw

Etymology 1

Compare Chickasaw hika (“to stop”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hika

1. To step, to step down.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hika

1. gum (natural product)

Derived terms

• hikʋpi

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hika

1. To fly.

References

• “hika”, in The Choctaw Dictionary, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to huka (“to cower, squat”), hokra (“to creep”), all from Old Norse haukr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪːka/

  Rhymes: -ɪːka

Verb

hika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hikaði, supine hikað)

1. to hesitate

Conjugation

hika – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hika
supine sagnbót		hikað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hikandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hika	hikaði		hiki	hikaði
	þú	hikar	hikaðir		hikir	hikaðir
	hann, hún, það	hikar	hikaði		hiki	hikaði
plural	við	hikum	hikuðum		hikum	hikuðum
	þið	hikið	hikuðuð		hikið	hikuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	hika	hikuðu		hiki	hikuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hika (þú), hikaðu
plural	þið	hikið (þið), hikiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

References

• Vol. 17, No. 1, Language Dissertation No. 32: Germanic-Balto-Slavic Etyma (Jan. - Mar., 1941), pp. 5-63

Japanese

Romanization

hika

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひか

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhikaʔ/ [ˈhiː.xɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ikaʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧ka

Noun

hikà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃ)

1. asthma

   Synonyms: asma, hapo

Derived terms

• hikain
• magkahika

Etymology 2

Contraction of halika.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhika/ [ˈhiː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: hi‧ka

Interjection

hika (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃ)

1. alternative form of halika