liki

See also: liki-, līķi, and līķī

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English leak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: li‧ki

Verb

liki (present likas, past likis, future likos, conditional likus, volitive liku)

1. to leak

Conjugation

Conjugation of liki present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense likas likis likos active participle likanta likantaj likinta likintaj likonta likontaj acc. likantan likantajn likintan likintajn likontan likontajn passive participle likata likataj likita likitaj likota likotaj acc. likatan likatajn likitan likitajn likotan likotajn nominal active participle likanto likantoj likinto likintoj likonto likontoj acc. likanton likantojn likinton likintojn likonton likontojn nominal passive participle likato likatoj likito likitoj likoto likotoj acc. likaton likatojn likiton likitojn likoton likotojn adverbial active participle likante likinte likonte adverbial passive participle likate likite likote infinitive liki imperative liku conditional likus

Descendants

• Ido: likar

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?]. Cognates include Estonian ligi, Ingrian ligi, Votic litši and Northern Sami lahka. Equivalent to lative lik- +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li‧ki

Adverb

liki (+ number)

1. almost, nearly, close to:

   Auto maksaa liki kaksisataatuhatta euroa. ― The car costs almost 200,000 euros.

   Painan liki sata kiloa. ― I weigh nearly one hundred kilograms.

   Synonyms: lähes, melkein

Inflection

Declension of liki noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative liki- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative liki – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive likellä – distributive – – ablative likeltä – temp. dist. – – allative likelle – prolative likitse – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

Derived terms

• liittää
• likeinen
• likempi
• likin

 

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• liki-

Anagrams

• ilki, kili

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliki/

Noun

liki

1. plural of liko

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Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish liki.

Preposition

liki

1. at
2. close to

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Latvian

Verb

liki

1. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular past indicative form of likt