dika

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See also: dīķa

English

Etymology

Native West African name.

Noun

dika (countable and uncountable, plural dikas)

  1. (countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
  2. (uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From German dick.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdika/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Adjective

dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)

  1. thick
    La pordo estis dika.The door was thick.
  2. fat
    La opero ne finiĝas, ĝis kantis la dika sinjorino.The opera doesn't end until the fat lady has sung.

Antonyms

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dika

  1. thick

Antonyms

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic دِيك (dīk, rooster, cock), with the feminine suffix -a.

Pronunciation

Noun

dika m or f by sense (plural djuk)

  1. hermaphrodite
    Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

Adjective

dika (plural djuk)

  1. hermaphrodite
    Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (blessing), from the language of Church liturgy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐːka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)

  1. pride
  2. fame, glory, honor
  3. (obsolete) darling
Declension
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Declension of dika
singular plural
nominative dika dike
genitive dike dika
dative diki dikama
accusative diku dike
vocative diko dike
locative diki dikama
instrumental dikom dikama
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)

  1. Alternative form of dìkka
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of dika
singular plural
nominative dika dike
genitive dike dika
dative diki dikama
accusative diku dike
vocative diko dike
locative diki dikama
instrumental dikom dikama
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Etymology 3

From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)

  1. dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of dika
singular plural
nominative dika dike
genitive dike dika
dative diki dikama
accusative diku dike
vocative diko dike
locative diki dikama
instrumental dikom dikama
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References

  • dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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