pika

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See also: Pika, píka, píkǎ, and pika-

English[edit]

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An American pika

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pika (plural pikas)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pica.

Noun[edit]

pika anim

  1. magpie

Alternative forms[edit]

Breton[edit]

Verb[edit]

pika

  1. prick

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]
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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pika f

  1. American pika, Ochotona princepsWP WSp Commons (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[edit]
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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • pika in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpika]
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ka

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pika

  1. genitive singular of pikk

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English pika; see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pika

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

Declension[edit]

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
pikainrare
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
instructive — pikoin
abessive pikatta pikoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pika (type kala)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pikani pikani
accusative nom. pikani pikani
gen. pikani
genitive pikani pikojeni
pikainirare
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
instructive — —
abessive pikattani pikoittani
comitative — pikoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pikasi pikasi
accusative nom. pikasi pikasi
gen. pikasi
genitive pikasi pikojesi
pikaisirare
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
instructive — —
abessive pikattasi pikoittasi
comitative — pikoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pikamme pikamme
accusative nom. pikamme pikamme
gen. pikamme
genitive pikamme pikojemme
pikaimmerare
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
instructive — —
abessive pikattamme pikoittamme
comitative — pikoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pikanne pikanne
accusative nom. pikanne pikanne
gen. pikanne
genitive pikanne pikojenne
pikainnerare
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
instructive — —
abessive pikattanne pikoittanne
comitative — pikoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative pikansa pikansa
accusative nom. pikansa pikansa
gen. pikansa
genitive pikansa pikojensa
pikainsarare
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
instructive — —
abessive pikattaan
pikattansa 		pikoittaan
pikoittansa
comitative — pikoineen
pikoinensa

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pika m (plural pikas)

  1. pika

Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese picar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pika.

Verb[edit]

pika

  1. to split
  2. to stab

Hungarian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

pika (plural pikák)

  1. lance

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese picar.

Verb[edit]

pika

  1. to chop
  2. to shred

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

piramīda ar sniega pikām

pika f (4th declension)

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

Declension of pika (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) pika pikas
accusative (akuzatīvs) piku pikas
genitive (ģenitīvs) pikas piku
dative (datīvs) pikai pikām
instrumental (instrumentālis) piku pikām
locative (lokatīvs) pikā pikās
vocative (vokatīvs) pika pikas

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pika f

  1. definite feminine singular of pike

Pamosu[edit]

Noun[edit]

pika

  1. ear

Further reading[edit]

Pitjantjatjara[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pika

  1. pain

Polish[edit]

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pika

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French pique.

Noun[edit]

pika f

  1. pike (long spear)
    Synonyms: dzida, spisa
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

pika m inan

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

Further reading[edit]

  • pika in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pika in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-pika (infinitive kupika)

  1. to cook

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pik +‎ -a

Verb[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

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
Participles
Present participle pikande
Past participle pikad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References[edit]

Waray-Waray[edit]

Noun[edit]

piká

  1. fist blow
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