sikia

See also: sikiä

Ladino

Noun

sikia f

1. thirst
   • 1979, Kamelia Shahar, “La verdadera felisidad”, in Aki Yerushalayim, number 1, page 5:

     Esto viendo ke no tienes ni ambre ni sikia; tienes mujer i madre ke te keren i te kudian.

     I'm seeing that you have neither hunger nor thirst; you have a wife and a mother who love you and care for you.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sikia

1. obsolete typography of sikja, now a pronunciation spelling of sitja (“to sit”)
   • 1785, “Goe Dag aa Tak for sist”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, pages 319–20:

     Ongdomen [hae] inkie Han tæ at sikia stille

     The youth doesn't have want for sitting still

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sikia (infinitive kusikia)

1. to hear

   ninasikia sauti ― I hear a sound/voice

2. to heed, to obey
3. to feel, to sense

   ninasikia baridi ― I feel cold

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sikia
Positive present -nasikia Subjunctive -sikie Negative -sikii Imperative singular sikia
Infinitives
Positive kusikia Negative kutosikia
Imperatives
Singular sikia Plural sikieni
Tensed forms
Habitual husikia Positive past positive subject concord + -lisikia Negative past negative subject concord + -kusikia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasikia) Singular Plural 1st person ninasikia/nasikia tunasikia 2nd person unasikia mnasikia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasikia wanasikia other classes positive subject concord + -nasikia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sikii) Singular Plural 1st person sisikii hatusikii 2nd person husikii hamsikii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasikii hawasikii other classes negative subject concord + -sikii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasikia Negative future negative subject concord + -tasikia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sikie) Singular Plural 1st person nisikie tusikie 2nd person usikie msikie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikie wasikie other classes positive subject concord + -sikie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisikie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesikia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesikia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisikia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisikia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asikia) Singular Plural 1st person nasikia twasikia 2nd person wasikia mwasikia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikia wasikia m-mi(III/IV) wasikia yasikia ji-ma(V/VI) lasikia yasikia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasikia vyasikia n(IX/X) yasikia zasikia u(XI) wasikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasikia pa(XVI) pasikia mu(XVIII) mwasikia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesikia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasikia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasikia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisikia "If not" positive subject concord + -siposikia Consecutive kasikia / positive subject concord + -kasikia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasikie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisikia -tusikia 2nd person -kusikia -wasikia/-kusikieni/-wasikieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msikia -wasikia m-mi(III/IV) -usikia -isikia ji-ma(V/VI) -lisikia -yasikia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisikia -visikia n(IX/X) -isikia -zisikia u(XI) -usikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusikia pa(XVI) -pasikia mu(XVIII) -musikia Reflexive -jisikia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sikia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sikiaye -sikiao m-mi(III/IV) -sikiao -sikiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sikialo -sikiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sikiacho -sikiavyo n(IX/X) -sikiayo -sikiazo u(XI) -sikiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sikiako pa(XVI) -sikiapo mu(XVIII) -sikiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sikia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesikia -osikia m-mi(III/IV) -osikia -yosikia ji-ma(V/VI) -losikia -yosikia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosikia -vyosikia n(IX/X) -yosikia -zosikia u(XI) -osikia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosikia pa(XVI) -posikia mu(XVIII) -mosikia
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: -sikilia (“listen for something”)
  • Causative: -sikilisha, -sikiliza
  • Passive: -sikiwa
  • Reciprocal: -sikiana
  • Stative: -sikika (“listening”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • sikio (“ear”)