kika

See also: kīkā, kịka, kikā, and Kika

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ka/, [ˈti.kə]

Verb

kika

1. (stative) slippery

Japanese

Romanization

kika

1. Rōmaji transcription of きか

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kika (present tense kik or kikar, past tense keik or kika, past participle kike or kika, present participle kikande, imperative kik)

1. alternative form of kike

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German kîken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕiːˌka/

• Audio:

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Verb

kika (present kikar, preterite kikade, supine kikat, imperative kika)

1. to look

Conjugation

Conjugation of kika (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	kika		—
supine	kikat		—
imperative	kika		—
imper. plural1	kiken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	kikar	kikade	—	—
ind. plural1	kika	kikade	—	—
subjunctive2	kike	kikade	—	—
present participle		kikande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• utkik

Related terms

• kikare

References

• “kika”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kika”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kika”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kika in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)