kìika

Alabama

Etymology

From the standard English letter-name convention of '[consonant]-/i/', then suffixed with -ka (foreign loanword suffix).

Noun

kìika

1. The name of the Latin script letter K/k.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) eyka, bìika, chìika, ìika, kìika, ɬihka, ìmka, ìnka, òoka, tìika, dabiyo, wàyka

References

• Cora Sylestine; Heather K.Hardy; Timothy Montler (1993), “kìika”, in Alabama Dictionary (digital republishing of Dictionary of the Alabama Language), University of North Texas, published 2004