nik

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nik"

Translingual

Symbol

nik

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Nicobarese.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Southern Nicobarese terms

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nik/ [nik]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Hyphenation: nik

Pronoun

nik

1. ergative of ni

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪk]
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

nik

1. genitive plural of nika

Anagrams

• kin

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ni̓gʸ and therefore cognate with Ahtna niic, Navajo -NIIʼ, Eyak leʼgw, Tlingit néekw.

Root

nik

1. to move the hand
2. to know
3. to feel
4. a fabric-like object is in positioin

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	niyh	nik	neyh	niyh
Momentaneous (Toklat-Bearpaw)	niyh	nich	neyh	niyh
Durative	neyh	neyh	neyh	neyh
Customary	neyh	neyh	neyh	neyh
Neuter	nik	nik	nik	nik
Perambulative	neyh	nik	neyh	niyh
Neuter2	neyh	neyh	neyh	neyh
Neuter negative	nigą́	nigą́	nigą́	nigą́

Derived terms

• be'aɬ k'oxudeniyi (“tools”)
• be'aɬ k'oxudeniyi beyi dhedloyi (“toolbox”)
• bek'et k'oxudeniyi (“workbench”)
• bet'i'ideniyi (“trigger”)
• bet'oxwdiɬt'a neghw nighwniyh (“God bless you”)
• ch'ek'o'iniyh (“potlach, feast”)
• ch'ek'o'iniyhde (“kitchen”)
• ch'ek'o'iɬniyh (“he/she is cooking (something)”)
• ch'ekunesi (“modern medicine”)
• ch'eneyh- (“fright, fear”)
• ch'unanik (“he/she likes something”)
• denakenaga' gheɬniyi (“tape recorder”)
• deneyh (“bearberry”)
• -deniga' (“seed, pit”)
• denigi (“moose”)
• dogheɬneyh (“it (a skin) is hanging up”)
• doneyh (“stone scraper”)
• ghadhnik (“a corpse, spirit, undisclosed object is in position”)
• ghatlnik (“a fabric-like object is in position”)
• k'o'ideneyh (“to work”)
• k'o'ideniyenh (“worker”)
• k'oneyh (“work, task”)
• nanik (“happiness,fun”)
• neghaneyh (“he is fast, in good condition”)
• niɬdranoghedenigi (“double-barrel rifle”)
• nuna'esnik (“I like you”)
• nuniya (“animal”)
• nuniya tlaga' (“brown bear”)
• teneyh (“to pull it”)
• tr'enina (“child”)
• tr'exudenigą́ (“he/she is lazy”)
• tr'exunigą́ (“he/she is dumb, incompetent”)
• ts'onya (“ling cod”)
• xa'elneyi (“tent”)
• xa'elniyi dechena' (“tent pole”)
• xa'utegholneyi (“tent stakes”)
• xododeghiɬneyi (“tent flap”)
• xunanik (“he/she is happy”)
• xwneyh (“he/she is alive”)
• xwneyi (“living things”)
• xwneyi dadltth'ide (“barn”)
• xwneyi tlage' (“brown bear”)
• xwtl denigi (“sled handlebar”)
• yoyegw deghatlnigi (“rug”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 317-327

Maltese

Verb

nik

1. second-person singular imperative of niek

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nike, nyke

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French niche?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nik/, /niːk/

Noun

nik (plural nikes)

1. notch, tally
2. nock (of an arrow)

Descendants

• English: nick
• Yola: lownnick

References

• “nik, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northeast Maidu

Pronoun

nik

1. me, the first person singular accusative

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages