vika

See also: víka and вика

English

Etymology

Via Pijin from Vangunu, a Solomon Islands language

Noun

vika (plural vikas)

1. A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands

   Synonym: Vangunu giant rat

Translations

rodent

• German: Vangunu-Riesenratte

References

• Uromys vika on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uromys vika on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Uromys vika on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Vaik, kiva

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Esperanto

Alternative forms

• viĉa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvika/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka
• Rhymes: -ika

Adjective

vika (accusative singular vikan, plural vikaj, accusative plural vikajn)

1. Wiccan

Related terms

• vikano (“a Wiccan”)
• Viko (“Wicca”)

 

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːka/
• Rhymes: -iːka

Noun

vika f (genitive singular viku, plural vikur)

1. week

Declension

Declension of vika
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vika	vikan	vikur	vikurnar
accusative	viku	vikuna	vikur	vikurnar
dative	viku	vikuni	vikum	vikunum
genitive	viku	vikunnar	vika	vikanna

Derived terms

• vikuskifti (“weekend”)

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋikɑ/, [ˈʋikɑ]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Syllabification: vi‧ka

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *vika. Cognate with Estonian viga.

Noun

vika

1. flaw, malfunction, failure, problem

   Koneessa on vika.

   There is a malfunction in the machine.

   Kun hän näki vian, hän vain kohautti olkapäitään ja alkoi korjata sitä.

   When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

2. fault

   Se on sinun vikasi.

   It is your fault.

3. stain or flaw in character
4. wrong (adjective).

   Älä valita! Ruoassasi ei ole mitään vikaa.

   Stop complaining! There's nothing wrong with your food.

   Kännykässäni on jotain vikaa.

   Something is wrong with my cellphone.

Declension

Inflection of vika (Kotus type 9/kala, k- gradation)
nominative		vika	viat
genitive		vian	vikojen
partitive		vikaa	vikoja
illative		vikaan	vikoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vika	viat
accusative	nom.	vika	viat
	gen.	vian
genitive		vian	vikojen vikainrare
partitive		vikaa	vikoja
inessive		viassa	vioissa
elative		viasta	vioista
illative		vikaan	vikoihin
adessive		vialla	vioilla
ablative		vialta	vioilta
allative		vialle	vioille
essive		vikana	vikoina
translative		viaksi	vioiksi
instructive		—	vioin
abessive		viatta	vioitta
comitative		—	vikoineen

Possessive forms of vika (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vikani	vikamme
2nd person	vikasi	vikanne
3rd person	vikansa

Derived terms

• viallinen
• vikaantua
• vioittaa

Compounds

compounds

• jalkavika
• kehitysvika
• konevika
• kulumisvika
• kuulovika
• käsivika
• laatuvika
• linjavika
• lonkkavika
• läppävika
• moottorivika
• pikkuvika
• pintavika
• puhevika

• purentavika
• rakennevika
• ryhtivika
• selkävika
• sukuvika
• sydänhermovika
• sydänvika
• syntymävika
• sähkövika
• tekovika
• valmistusvika
• valuvika
• vikahälytys
• vikailmoitus

• vikakierre
• vikapaikka
• vikapisto
• vikapää
• vikasieto
• vikasietoisuus
• vikasoitto
• vikatiheys
• vikatikki
• vikatilanne
• vikatilasto
• värivika
• ässävika

Etymology 2

Colloquial form of viimeinen (“last”).

Adjective

vika

1. (colloquial) the last

Declension

Inflection of vika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vika	vikat
genitive		vikan	vikojen
partitive		vikaa	vikoja
illative		vikaan	vikoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vika	vikat
accusative	nom.	vika	vikat
	gen.	vikan
genitive		vikan	vikojen vikainrare
partitive		vikaa	vikoja
inessive		vikassa	vikoissa
elative		vikasta	vikoista
illative		vikaan	vikoihin
adessive		vikalla	vikoilla
ablative		vikalta	vikoilta
allative		vikalle	vikoille
essive		vikana	vikoina
translative		vikaksi	vikoiksi
instructive		—	vikoin
abessive		vikatta	vikoitta
comitative		—	vikoine

Possessive forms of vika (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vikani	vikamme
2nd person	vikasi	vikanne
3rd person	vikansa
Only used with substantive adjectives, -inen adjectives used for comparisons of equality or agent participles.

Anagrams

• kiva

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪːka/
• Rhymes: -ɪːka

Noun

vika f (genitive singular viku, nominative plural vikur)

1. week

Declension

declension of vika

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vika	vikan	vikur	vikurnar
accusative	viku	vikuna	vikur	vikurnar
dative	viku	vikunni	vikum	vikunum
genitive	viku	vikunnar	vikna	viknanna

Derived terms

• vikulega
• vikulegur
• vikudagur
• dymbilvika
• kyrravika
• dymbildagavika
• páskavika

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika, possibly from Proto-Germanic *swiką (“deceit”). Cognates include Finnish vika and Estonian viga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvika/

Noun

vika (genitive vian, partitive vikkaa)

1. fault
2. flaw
3. defect

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)‎^[1]

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• viken

Noun

vika m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vik

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vika f

1. definite singular of vik

Verb

vika (present tense vik, past tense veik, supine vike, past participle viken, present participle vikande, imperative vik)

1. Alternative form of vike

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Noun

vika f

1. week

Descendants

• Icelandic: vika
• Faroese: vika
• Norn: voga
• Norwegian Bokmål: uke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: veke, vika (archaic, Høgnorsk)
• Old Swedish: vika
  • Swedish: vecka
• Old Danish: uka, uku, wiku
  • Danish: uge
• Westrobothnian: viku
• Jamtish: vuku
• Scanian: uga
• Gutnish: vike, vika, viku, vikå
• Elfdalian: wiku

References

• vika in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Noun

vika f

1. week

Declension

Declension of vika (on-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vika	vikan	viku(r), -o(r)	vikuna(r), -ona(r)
accusative	viku, -o	vikuna, -ona	viku(r), -o(r)	vikuna(r), -ona(r)
dative	viku, -o	vikunni, -onne	vikum, -om	vikumin, -omen
genitive	viku, -o	vikunna(r), -onna(r)	vika	vikanna

Descendants

• Swedish: vecka

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víkja, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną

Verb

vīka

1. to move, to change direction
2. to fold
3. to retreat
4. to yield

Declension

Conjugation of vīka (strong)

	present			past
infinitive	vīka			—
participle	vīkandi, vīkande			vikin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vīker	vīki, vīke	—	vēk	viki, vike
þū	vīker	vīki, vīke	vīk	vēkt	viki, vike
han	vīker	vīki, vīke	—	vēk	viki, vike
vīr	vīkum, vīkom	vīkum, vīkom	vīkum, vīkom	vikum, vikom	vikum, vikom
īr	vīkin	vīkin	vīkin	vikin	vikin
þēr	vīka	vīkin	—	viku, -o	vikin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: vika

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîka/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka

Noun

vȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ка)

1. shouting, screaming

Declension

Declension of vika

	singular	plural
nominative	vȉka	vike
genitive	vike	vika
dative	vȉci	vikama
accusative	viku	vike
vocative	viko	vike
locative	vȉci	vikama
instrumental	vikom	vikama

Related terms

• vikati

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.

The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike gewen, where the noun wike means eftergift, flykt.

Pronunciation

• audio

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Adverb

vika

1. (in the expression: ge vika) to give in, to fold (under pressure), to give up

Verb

vika (present viker, preterite vek, supine vikt or vikit, imperative vik)

1. to fold
2. (colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action

   Jag viker en dag åt mässan.

   I am dedicating a day to the expo.

3. (colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use

   De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom – rör dem inte!

   These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom – don't touch them!

4. (reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure)

   Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.

   Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.

5. (reflexive) to bend (by laughing too much)

   De skrattade så att de vek sig.

   They were rolling on the floor laughing.

6. (reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed

   Jag går och viker mig.

   I'm going to go to bed.

7. (transitive) (viker ut) to unfold, to open a foldout
8. (reflexive) (viker ut) to expose oneself as a (nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online

   Ungdomar viker ut sig som aldrig förr.

   Youngsters expose themselves like never before.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vika (class 1 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vika		vikas
Supine	vikt, vikit		vikts, vikits
Imperative	vik		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	viker	vek	viks, vikes	veks
Indicative plural1	vika	veko	vikas	vekos
Subjunctive2	vike	veke	vikes	vekes
	Participles
Present participle	vikande
Past participle	viken
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• veck
• vik
• vikning

References

• vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• kiva

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Verb

-vika^?

1. (transitive) to avoid

Inflection

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