tik

See also: tík and TIK

English

Etymology

Early 21st century, perhaps imitative of the popping sounds made by meth being lit and smoked.

Noun

tik (uncountable)

1. (South Africa, slang) crystal meth or speed.
   • 2004 June 8, “On the Tik-Tik express”, in SABC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 June 2006:

     This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape.

   • 2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, page 12:

     Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.

   • 2020 October 10, Mike Simpson, “More seizures of drug consignments on long-distance buses”, in The South African‎^[2]:

     Hardly a week goes by without news of a crime bust of some kind involving one of the buses travelling cross-country, with everything from mandrax to tik, marijuana and abalone finding its way on board.

Anagrams

• ITK, KIT, Kit, ikt, kit

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tək/

Etymology 1

From Dutch tikken.

Verb

tik (present tik, present participle tikkende, past participle getik)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to tap
2. (transitive) to type
3. (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to use crystal meth

   Synonym: tjoef

Etymology 2

From Dutch tik.

Noun

tik (plural tikke)

1. tap
2. (Cape Afrikaans, uncountable) crystal meth

   Synonym: tjoef

Derived terms

• tikkop
• tiklollie

 

Choctaw

Noun

tīk (inalienable)

1. female
2. sister (of a man)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪk]

Noun

tik m inan

1. a tick, a twitch

Declension

Declension of tik (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tik	tiky
genitive	tiku	tiků
dative	tiku	tikům
accusative	tik	tiky
vocative	tiku	tiky
locative	tiku	ticích
instrumental	tikem	tiky

Dinka

Noun

tik (plural diäär or dior)

1. woman
2. wife

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[3], 2005

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪk/

• tik

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From tikken.

Noun

tik m (plural tikken, diminutive tikje n)

1. tick (a kind of sound)
2. tap
3. slap
4. little bit (In: "een tikje meer")

Derived terms

• schoudertik

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tik
• → Papiamentu: tiki (from the diminutive)
• Indonesian: tik

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tik

1. inflection of tikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• kit

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tik

1. louse

Hausa

Alternative forms

• bîf, tîm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tîk/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tɪ̂k]

Ideophone

tîk

1. something heavy falling

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtik]
• Hyphenation: tik
• Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

Noun

tik (plural tikok)

2. (dialectal) Alternative form of tyúk (“hen”).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tik	tikok
accusative	tikot	tikokat
dative	tiknak	tikoknak
instrumental	tikkal	tikokkal
causal-final	tikért	tikokért
translative	tikká	tikokká
terminative	tikig	tikokig
essive-formal	tikként	tikokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tikban	tikokban
superessive	tikon	tikokon
adessive	tiknál	tikoknál
illative	tikba	tikokba
sublative	tikra	tikokra
allative	tikhoz	tikokhoz
elative	tikból	tikokból
delative	tikról	tikokról
ablative	tiktól	tikoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tiké	tikoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tikéi	tikokéi

Possessive forms of tik
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tikom	tikjaim
2nd person sing.	tikod	tikjaid
3rd person sing.	tikja	tikjai
1st person plural	tikunk	tikjaink
2nd person plural	tikotok	tikjaitok
3rd person plural	tikjuk	tikjaik

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tik

2. (personal, folksy) Alternative form of ti (“you, plural”).

Declension

declension of tik nominative tik accusative tikteket dative nektek instrumental veletek causal-final értetek inessive bennetek superessive rajtatok adessive nálatok illative belétek sublative rátok allative hozzátok elative belőletek delative rólatok ablative tőletek

Further reading

• (folksy alternative form of tyúk (“hen”)): tik , redirecting to tyúk 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
• (folksy alternative form of ti (“you all”)): tik , redirecting to (1): ti 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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ketik (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Dutch tik, tikken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɪk̚]
• Hyphenation: tik

Noun

tik (first-person possessive tikku, second-person possessive tikmu, third-person possessive tiknya)

1. typewriter (a device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper)

Derived terms

• ketikan
• mengetik
• mesin tik
• pengetik
• pengetikan
• tikan

 

Further reading

• “tik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Adverb

tik

1. so

   tik daudz ― so many

Particle

tik

1. not so... as

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Traditionally considered a shortening of tíek (“so much”) or tiektaĩ (“not only”), though the phonological processes involved are unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲɪk]

Adverb

tik (not comparable)

1. just, only (nothing more than; nothing else other than)

   Synonyms: vien, tiktai

   Kàs bùs toliaũ, gãlima tìk spėlióti. ― We can only speculate as to what will come next.

   Jìs tìk bė̃go ir̃ bė̃go. ― He just ran and ran.

2. only just, barely, hardly

   Synonyms: bemaž, vos

   Rãdo jį̃ tik gývą, tik nenùmirė. ― We found him barely alive, he almost died.

Conjunction

tik

1. but, yet, just (introduces a concession)

   Synonyms: bet, tačiau

   Labaĩ nóriu, tìk pinigų̃ neturiù. ― I'd love to, just I don't have the money.

Particle

tik

1. (in conjunction with question words) -ever, no matter …

   Synonyms: bebūtų, bet

   Kõ tìk ìmasi, tàs sẽkasi. ― He succeeds at whatever he puts his hand to.

Derived terms

• ką tik
• tik tik
• tiktai

 

Etymology 2

Of imitative origin.

Interjection

tìk

1. Noise made to call chickens

   Synonym: cik

2. tick (sound of a clock ticking)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tìk

1. second-person singular imperative of tikti

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tík.

Noun

tik f or m (definite singular tika or tiken, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)

1. a female canine
2. a ewe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tík.

Noun

tik f (definite singular tika, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)

1. a female canine
2. a ewe

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tik/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: tik

Noun

tik m inan

1. (medicine) tic (local and habitual convulsive motion)

Declension

Declension of tik

	singular	plural
nominative	tik	tiki
genitive	tika	tików
dative	tikowi	tikom
accusative	tik	tiki
instrumental	tikiem	tikami
locative	tiku	tikach
vocative	tiku	tiki

Derived terms

adjective

• tikowy

 

Further reading

• tik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian tìk, Latvian tik, however Old Prussian ter (“only”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

tik

1. only, just
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 21, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     tylko — tik

     tylko — only

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare English tyke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

tik c

1. a bitch (female canine)

   Synonym: hynda

Declension

Declension of tik
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tik	tiken	tikar	tikarna
Genitive	tiks	tikens	tikars	tikarnas

Tatar

Adjective

tik

1. only, solitary

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish تیك (tik), from French tic.

Noun

tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)

1. tic (movement)
2. tic (mannerism)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish تیك (tik), from English teak.

Noun

tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)

1. teak [from 19th c.]

Etymology 3

From English tick.

Noun

tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)

1. tick (check mark) [from 2002]
   • 2023 May 4, “Kılıçdaroğlu'na 'gri tik' verildi”, in Cumhuriyet:

     Millet İttifakı’nın Cumhurbaşkanı adayı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun Twitter hesabına "gri tik" verildi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “tik”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tik1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tik2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tik3”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka.

Noun

tik

1. woodpecker

Declension

Inflection of tik (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	tik
genitive sing.	tikan
partitive sing.	tikad
partitive plur.	tikoid
	singular	plural
nominative	tik	tikad
accusative	tikan	tikad
genitive	tikan	tikoiden
partitive	tikad	tikoid
essive-instructive	tikan	tikoin
translative	tikaks	tikoikš
inessive	tikas	tikoiš
elative	tikaspäi	tikoišpäi
illative	tikaha	tikoihe
adessive	tikal	tikoil
ablative	tikalpäi	tikoilpäi
allative	tikale	tikoile
abessive	tikata	tikoita
comitative	tikanke	tikoidenke
prolative	tikadme	tikoidme
approximative I	tikanno	tikoidenno
approximative II	tikannoks	tikoidennoks
egressive	tikannopäi	tikoidennopäi
terminative I	tikahasai	tikoihesai
terminative II	tikalesai	tikoilesai
terminative III	tikassai	—
additive I	tikahapäi	tikoihepäi
additive II	tikalepäi	tikoilepäi

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English think.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tik/

Noun

tik (nominative plural tiks)

1. thought (object or instance of thinking)

Declension

declension of tik

	singular	plural
nominative	tik	tiks
genitive	tika	tikas
dative	tike	tikes
accusative	tiki	tikis
vocative 1	o tik!	o tiks!
predicative 2	tiku	tikus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• tikäl
• tikön