pika

See also: Pika, píka, píkǎ, piką, and pika-

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English

American pika (Ochotona princeps)

Alternative forms

• pica (archaic)

Etymology

From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic.

Compare typologically German Pfeifhase (< pfeifen (+ Hase) << Latin pīpō), Czech pišťucha, Russian пищу́ха (piščúxa) (akin to пища́ть (piščátʹ), писк (pisk)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪkə/
• Rhymes: -aɪkə

• Audio (US):

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Noun

pika (plural pikas)

1. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

Derived terms

• black-lipped pika
• plateau pika
• Sardinian pika

Translations

furry mammal of the genus Ochotona

• Ahtna: kʼeʼi
• Assamese: পিকা পহু (pika pohu)
• Bulgarian: безопашат заек m (bezopašat zaek)
• Catalan: pica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼠兔 (zh) (shǔtù)

• Czech: pišťucha f
• Dutch: fluithaas (nl) m
• Finnish: pika (fi)
• French: pika (fr) m, lièvre criard (fr) m, lièvre siffleur (fr) m, ochotone (fr) m
• German: Pfeifhase (de) m
• Irish: pioca m
• Italian: ocotona (it) m
• Korean: 우는토끼 (uneuntokki)
• Polish: szczekuszka (pl) f
• Russian: пищу́ха (ru) f (piščúxa)
• Scottish Gaelic: paice f
• Swedish: piphare c
• Vietnamese: thỏ cộc
• Welsh: pica m

Anagrams

• Paik, Paki, kipa, paki

Albanian

Noun

pika

1. inflection of pikë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Basque

Etymology

From Latin pica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pika/ [pi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika, -a
• Hyphenation: pi‧ka

Noun

pika anim

1. magpie

Declension

Declension of pika (anim a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	pika	pika	pikak	pikok
ergative	pikak	pikak	pikek	pikok
dative	pikari	pikari	pikei	pikoi
genitive	pikaren	pikaren	piken	pikon
comitative	pikarekin	pikarekin	pikekin	pikokin
causative	pikarengatik	pikarengatik	pikengatik	pikongatik
benefactive	pikarentzat	pikarentzat	pikentzat	pikontzat
instrumental	pikaz	pikaz	pikez	pikotaz
inessive	pikarengan	pikarengan	pikengan	pikongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	pikarengana	pikarengana	pikengana	pikongana
terminative	pikarenganaino	pikarenganaino	pikenganaino	pikonganaino
directive	pikarenganantz	pikarenganantz	pikenganantz	pikonganantz
destinative	pikarenganako	pikarenganako	pikenganako	pikonganako
ablative	pikarengandik	pikarengandik	pikengandik	pikongandik
partitive	pikarik	—	—	—
prolative	pikatzat	—	—	—

Alternative forms

• mika

Breton

Verb

pika

1. prick

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪka]
• Rhymes: -ɪka
• Hyphenation: pi‧ka

Etymology 1

Noun

pika f

1. obsolete form of píka (“pike”)
   • 1873 September 2, “Nauka o zbrani”, in Vlasť, volume III, number 35, page 1:

     Ratiště pik nesmí míti suků, musí býti ohebné a bez kazů.

     Shafts of pikes must not have knots, they must be flexible and without flaws.

Declension

Declension of pika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	piky
genitive	piky	pik
dative	pice	pikám
accusative	piku	piky
vocative	piko	piky
locative	pice	pikách
instrumental	pikou	pikami

Derived terms

• od piky
• piky

Etymology 2

Noun

pika f

1. American pika (Ochotona princeps, a species within the family Ochotonidae)
   • 2002 February 5, Ivo Budil, “Pišťuchu ohrožuje oteplování Země”, in Vesmír, number 12, page 709:

     Sledování života pik v posledním půlstoletí naznačuje, že je může vyhubit už nepatrné zvýšení teploty na Zemi.

     Research of the life of American pikas in the last half-century suggests that even a minute increase of the Earth's temperature can make them extinct.

Declension

Declension of pika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	piky
genitive	piky	pik
dative	pice	pikám
accusative	piku	piky
vocative	piko	piky
locative	pice	pikách
instrumental	pikou	pikami

Hypernyms

• (genera Vulpes and Urocyon): živočichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; čtyřnožci – superclassis; savci – class; zajícovití – order; pišťuchovití – family; pišťucha – genus

Further reading

• “pika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpika/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: pi‧ka

Adjective

pika (accusative singular pikan, plural pikaj, accusative plural pikajn)

1. (card games) of the suit of spades (♠).

   la pika aso ― the ace of spades

Related terms

• piko

Further reading

• “pika”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “pika”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Estonian

Adjective

pika

1. genitive singular of pikk

Finnish

Etymology

From English pika; see it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikɑ/, [ˈpikɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): pi‧ka

Noun

pika

1. pika
2. (in the plural) the taxonomic family Ochotonidae

Declension

Inflection of pika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pika	pikat
genitive		pikan	pikojen
partitive		pikaa	pikoja
illative		pikaan	pikoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pika	pikat
accusative	nom.	pika	pikat
	gen.	pikan
genitive		pikan	pikojen pikain rare
partitive		pikaa	pikoja
inessive		pikassa	pikoissa
elative		pikasta	pikoista
illative		pikaan	pikoihin
adessive		pikalla	pikoilla
ablative		pikalta	pikoilta
allative		pikalle	pikoille
essive		pikana	pikoina
translative		pikaksi	pikoiksi
abessive		pikatta	pikoitta
instructive		—	pikoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pikani pikani accusative nom. pikani pikani gen. pikani genitive pikani pikojeni pikaini rare partitive pikaani pikojani inessive pikassani pikoissani elative pikastani pikoistani illative pikaani pikoihini adessive pikallani pikoillani ablative pikaltani pikoiltani allative pikalleni pikoilleni essive pikanani pikoinani translative pikakseni pikoikseni abessive pikattani pikoittani instructive — — comitative — pikoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pikasi pikasi accusative nom. pikasi pikasi gen. pikasi genitive pikasi pikojesi pikaisi rare partitive pikaasi pikojasi inessive pikassasi pikoissasi elative pikastasi pikoistasi illative pikaasi pikoihisi adessive pikallasi pikoillasi ablative pikaltasi pikoiltasi allative pikallesi pikoillesi essive pikanasi pikoinasi translative pikaksesi pikoiksesi abessive pikattasi pikoittasi instructive — — comitative — pikoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pikamme pikamme accusative nom. pikamme pikamme gen. pikamme genitive pikamme pikojemme pikaimme rare partitive pikaamme pikojamme inessive pikassamme pikoissamme elative pikastamme pikoistamme illative pikaamme pikoihimme adessive pikallamme pikoillamme ablative pikaltamme pikoiltamme allative pikallemme pikoillemme essive pikanamme pikoinamme translative pikaksemme pikoiksemme abessive pikattamme pikoittamme instructive — — comitative — pikoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pikanne pikanne accusative nom. pikanne pikanne gen. pikanne genitive pikanne pikojenne pikainne rare partitive pikaanne pikojanne inessive pikassanne pikoissanne elative pikastanne pikoistanne illative pikaanne pikoihinne adessive pikallanne pikoillanne ablative pikaltanne pikoiltanne allative pikallenne pikoillenne essive pikananne pikoinanne translative pikaksenne pikoiksenne abessive pikattanne pikoittanne instructive — — comitative — pikoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pikansa pikansa accusative nom. pikansa pikansa gen. pikansa genitive pikansa pikojensa pikainsa rare partitive pikaansa pikojaan pikojansa inessive pikassaan pikassansa pikoissaan pikoissansa elative pikastaan pikastansa pikoistaan pikoistansa illative pikaansa pikoihinsa adessive pikallaan pikallansa pikoillaan pikoillansa ablative pikaltaan pikaltansa pikoiltaan pikoiltansa allative pikalleen pikallensa pikoilleen pikoillensa essive pikanaan pikanansa pikoinaan pikoinansa translative pikakseen pikaksensa pikoikseen pikoiksensa abessive pikattaan pikattansa pikoittaan pikoittansa instructive — — comitative — pikoineen pikoinensa

Synonyms

• piiskujänis (dated)

Derived terms

• pikimmiten

compounds

• afganistaninpika
• alaskanpika
• altainpika
• amerikanpika
• aropika
• bhutaninpika
• daurianpika
• everestinpika
• gansunpika
• gaoligonginpika
• himalajanpika
• hokkaidonpika
• iraninpika
• isokorvapika
• japaninpika
• kashmirinpika
• kauluspika
• kiinanpika
• kunluninpika
• kääpiöpika
• ladakhinpika
• mongolianpika
• mulinpika
• pikkupika
• pohjanpika
• punakorvapika
• punapika
• sardinianpika
• sichuaninpika
• tienšaninpika
• tiibetinpika
• ylänköpika

See also

• pika- (“quick”)

Anagrams

• kapi, kipa

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

pika m (plural pikas)

1. pika

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese picar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pika.

Verb

pika

1. to split
2. to stab

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpikɒ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

pika (plural pikák)

1. lance

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	pikák
accusative	pikát	pikákat
dative	pikának	pikáknak
instrumental	pikával	pikákkal
causal-final	pikáért	pikákért
translative	pikává	pikákká
terminative	pikáig	pikákig
essive-formal	pikaként	pikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pikában	pikákban
superessive	pikán	pikákon
adessive	pikánál	pikáknál
illative	pikába	pikákba
sublative	pikára	pikákra
allative	pikához	pikákhoz
elative	pikából	pikákból
delative	pikáról	pikákról
ablative	pikától	pikáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pikáé	pikáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	pikáéi	pikákéi

Possessive forms of pika

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pikám	pikáim
2nd person sing.	pikád	pikáid
3rd person sing.	pikája	pikái
1st person plural	pikánk	pikáink
2nd person plural	pikátok	pikáitok
3rd person plural	pikájuk	pikáik

Derived terms

• pikás

Further reading

• pika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpika/ [ˈpi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: pi‧ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pica, from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”).

Noun

pika (plural pika-pika)

1. (pathology) pica (a disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand)

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin pica (“pica: a service book”), possibly from Latin pīca (“magpie”) after the piebald appearance of the typeset page (cf. pie (“disordered type”)).

Noun

pika (plural pika-pika)

1. (printing) pica

Further reading

• “pika”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

pika

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぴか
2. Rōmaji transcription of ピカ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese picar.

Verb

pika

1. to chop
2. to shred

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpikːa]

Noun

piramīda ar sniega pikām

pika f (4th declension)

1. lump
2. snowball
3. pat
4. clod
5. clump
6. chunk
7. cob
8. clot

Declension

Declension of pika (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	pikas
genitive	pikas	piku
dative	pikai	pikām
accusative	piku	pikas
instrumental	piku	pikām
locative	pikā	pikās
vocative	pika	pikas

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• piken m

Noun

pika f

1. definite feminine singular of pike

Pamosu

Noun

pika

1. ear

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
• Yong Lam Liaw, Pamosu Organised Phonology Data (2002)

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪkɐ]

Noun

pika

1. pain

Polish

pika

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: pi‧ka

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

French piquerdeverb.

French piquebor.

Polish pika

Borrowed from French pique. Doublet of pik.

Noun

pika f

1. pike (long spear)

   Synonyms: dzida, spisa

Declension

Declension of pika

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	piki
genitive	piki	pik
dative	pice	pikom
accusative	pikę	piki
instrumental	piką	pikami
locative	pice	pikach
vocative	piko	piki

Related terms

• pikinier
• pikinierski

See also

• gizarma
• glewia
• halabarda
• kontarion
• kopia
• korseka
• lanca
• młot lucereński
• partyzana
• rohatyna
• runka
• spisa friulska
• szponton

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pika m inan

1. genitive singular of pik
2. (nonstandard, colloquial) accusative singular of pik (a spade in card games)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pika

1. third-person singular present of pikać

Further reading

• “pika”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pika”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jìpɪka (“to cook, to boil”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-pika (infinitive kupika)

1. to cook

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pika
Positive present -napika Subjunctive -pike Negative -piki Imperative singular pika
Infinitives
Positive kupika Negative kutopika
Imperatives
Singular pika Plural pikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupika Positive past positive subject concord + -lipika Negative past negative subject concord + -kupika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napika) Singular Plural 1st person ninapika/napika tunapika 2nd person unapika mnapika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapika wanapika other classes positive subject concord + -napika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -piki) Singular Plural 1st person sipiki hatupiki 2nd person hupiki hampiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapiki hawapiki other classes negative subject concord + -piki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapika Negative future negative subject concord + -tapika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pike) Singular Plural 1st person nipike tupike 2nd person upike mpike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apike wapike other classes positive subject concord + -pike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apika) Singular Plural 1st person napika twapika 2nd person wapika mwapika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apika wapika m-mi(III/IV) wapika yapika ji-ma(V/VI) lapika yapika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapika vyapika n(IX/X) yapika zapika u(XI) wapika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapika pa(XVI) papika mu(XVIII) mwapika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopika Consecutive kapika / positive subject concord + -kapika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipika -tupika 2nd person -kupika -wapika/-kupikeni/-wapikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpika -wapika m-mi(III/IV) -upika -ipika ji-ma(V/VI) -lipika -yapika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipika -vipika n(IX/X) -ipika -zipika u(XI) -upika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupika pa(XVI) -papika mu(XVIII) -mupika Reflexive -jipika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pikaye -pikao m-mi(III/IV) -pikao -pikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pikalo -pikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pikacho -pikavyo n(IX/X) -pikayo -pikazo u(XI) -pikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pikako pa(XVI) -pikapo mu(XVIII) -pikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepika -opika m-mi(III/IV) -opika -yopika ji-ma(V/VI) -lopika -yopika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopika -vyopika n(IX/X) -yopika -zopika u(XI) -opika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopika pa(XVI) -popika mu(XVIII) -mopika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pikia
  • Causative: -pikisha
  • Passive: -pikwa
  • Reciprocal: -pikana
  • Stative: -pikika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mapishi (“cookery”)
  • mpikaji (“cook”)
  • mpishi (“cook”)
  • upikaji (“cooking”)
  • upishi (“cooking”)

Swedish

Etymology

pik +‎ -a

Verb

pika (present pikar, preterite pikade, supine pikat, imperative pika)

1. to take a dig at (someone), to (subtly) jibe (someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pika (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	pika		pikas
supine	pikat		pikats
imperative	pika		—
imper. plural1	piken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	pikar	pikade	pikas	pikades
ind. plural1	pika	pikade	pikas	pikades
subjunctive2	pike	pikade	pikes	pikades
present participle		pikande
past participle		pikad

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

Related terms

• pik

References

• “pika”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pika”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pika”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Waray-Waray

Noun

piká

1. fist blow