dika
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See also: dīķa
English
Etymology
Native West African name.
Noun
dika (countable and uncountable, plural dikas)
- (countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
- (uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)
- thick
- La pordo estis dika. ― The door was thick.
- 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
Antonyms
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic دِيك (dīk, “rooster, cock”), with the feminine suffix -a.
Pronunciation
Noun
dika m or f by sense (plural djuk)
- hermaphrodite
- Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)
Adjective
dika (plural djuk)
- hermaphrodite
- Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.
Pronunciation
Noun
díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)
- Alternative form of dìkka
Declension
Etymology 3
From a Bantu language.
Pronunciation
Noun
dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)
- dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
Declension
References
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