hiki

See also: -hiki

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hiki

1. sweat, perspiration

   hiellä ja vaivalla ― by the sweat of one's brow

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	hi’issä
elative		hiestä	hi’istä
illative		hikeen	hikiin
adessive		hiellä	hi’illä
ablative		hieltä	hi’iltä
allative		hielle	hi’ille
essive		hikenä	hikinä
translative		hieksi	hi’iksi
instructive		—	hi’in
abessive		hiettä	hi’ittä
comitative		—	hikineen

Possessive forms of hiki (type ovi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hikeni	hikemme
2nd person	hikesi	hikenne
3rd person	hikensä

Derived terms

• hikoilla
• hiota
• hiostaa

Compounds

compounds

• hieneritys
• hienhaju
• hikihelmi
• hikihuokonen
• hikijumppa
• hikikarpalo
• hikilappu
• hikiliina
• hikinauha
• hikipinko

• hikipisara
• hikirauhanen
• hikitahra
• hikivilla
• jalkahiki
• kainalohiki
• tuskanhiki
• villahiki
• villanhiki

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.