vika

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See also: víka and вика

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Via Pijin from Vangunu, a Solomon Islands language

Noun[edit]

vika (plural vikas)

  1. A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands
    Synonym: Vangunu giant rat

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvika]
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ka

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Wiccan

Related terms[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vika f (genitive singular viku, plural vikur)

  1. week

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *vika, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką. Cognate with Estonian viga.

Noun[edit]

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 (adjectival)
    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[edit]
Inflection of vika (Kotus type 9*D/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[edit]
Compounds[edit]
compounds

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of viimeinen (“last”). See also -ka.

Adjective[edit]

vika

  1. (colloquial) last
    Vikana hypännyt häviää.
    The one that jumps last loses.
Declension[edit]
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)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person vikani vikamme
2nd person vikasi vikanne
3rd person vikansa

Anagrams[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vika f (genitive singular viku, nominative plural vikur)

  1. week

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *vika. Cognates include Finnish vika and Estonian viga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vika

  1. fault
  2. bad habit
  3. handicap (physical disability)

Declension[edit]

Declension of vika (type 3/kana, k- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative vika viat
genitive vian vikkoin
partitive vikkaa vikoja
illative vikkaa vikkoi
inessive vias viois
elative viast vioist
allative vialle vioille
adessive vial vioil
ablative vialt vioilt
translative viaks vioiks
essive vikanna, vikkaan vikoinna, vikkoin
exessive1) vikant vikoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 664

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

vika m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of vik

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse víkin f, definite form of Old Norse vík f.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋiːc͡çɑ], [ˈʋiːçɑ], [ˈʋiːkɑ] (example of pronunciation)

Noun[edit]

vika f

  1. definite singular of vik

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse vika (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [²ʋɪːkɑ], [²ʋɪkːɑ], [²ʋɪkɑ], /²vɪˑka/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun[edit]

vika f (definite singular vika, indefinite plural viker or vikor, definite plural vikene or vikone)

  1. a week; (pre-1938) alternative form of veke

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse víka, víkja, víkva.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (intransitive) to give away, yield
  2. (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
  3. (intransitive) to recede, retreat
  4. (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1] (in Norwegian (Høgnorsk))
  • “vika” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “vika” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vika f

  1. week

Declension[edit]

  Declension of vika (weak ōn-stem)
feminine 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

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

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

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vika f

  1. week
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

vīka

  1. to move, to change direction
  2. to fold
  3. to retreat
  4. to yield
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ка)

  1. shouting, screaming

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

vika

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to fold
    De vikte tvätt
    They were folding laundry
  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[edit]

Conjugation of vika (class 1 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive vika vikas
Supine vikt, vikit vikts, vikits
Imperative vik —
Imper. plural1 viken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative viker vek viks, vikes veks
Ind. 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.

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)

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Anagrams[edit]

Xhosa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Verb[edit]

-vika?

  1. (transitive) to avoid

Inflection[edit]

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