hiki

See also: -hiki

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiki, of unknown origin. Cognate with Estonian higi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: hi‧ki

Noun

hiki

1. sweat, perspiration

Declension

Inflection of hiki (Kotus type 7/ovi, k- gradation)
nominative		hiki	hiet
genitive		hien	hikien
partitive		hikeä	hikiä
illative		hikeen	hikiin
		singular	plural
nominative		hiki	hiet
accusative	nom.	hiki	hiet
	gen.	hien
genitive		hien	hikien
partitive		hikeä	hikiä
inessive		hiessä	hiissä
elative		hiestä	hiistä
illative		hikeen	hikiin
adessive		hiellä	hiillä
ablative		hieltä	hiiltä
allative		hielle	hiille
essive		hikenä	hikinä
translative		hieksi	hiiksi
instructive		—	hiin
abessive		hiettä	hiittä
comitative		—	hikineen

Derived terms

• hikoilla
• hiota
• hiostaa

Anagrams

• khii

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Hawaiian

Interjection

hiki

1. all right

Noun

hiki

1. ability

Verb

hiki

1. (stative) can, be able to

   Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi?

   Can you speak Hawaiian?

2. (intransitive) to reach, arrive

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Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish hiki.

Noun

hiki

1. sweat

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Japanese

Romanization

hiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひき

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Maori

Verb

hiki

1. to carry (in the arms)

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Swahili

Adjective

hiki

1. Ki class inflected form of hii.