ika

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈka/, [ʔiˈka]
• Hyphenation: i‧ka

iká (Basahan spelling ᜁᜃ)

1. you (exclusive singular)

ika

1. you (second-person singular)

• Antonio J. Guerreiro, A Note on Pronouns in the Long Galat and Busang Languages, Borneo Research Bulletin 15:2 (1983)

ika

1. with

ika

1. if
2. or

From Proto-Central-Pacific *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

ika

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

IPA^(key): /i.kaʔ/

ika

1. sister-in-law; brother-in-law

ika

1. Rōmaji transcription of いか
2. Rōmaji transcription of イカ

• kaé, ka (clipping)

ika

1. (dialectal) yonder

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈikə/, [ˈiː.xə]
• Hyphenation: i‧ka

íka

1. you (exclusive singular)

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan (compare Malay ikan).

ika

1. fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales

   Kātahi anō te ika ka kai ki tana matau.

   Then the fish began to bite at his hook.

   Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate.

   When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.

2. slain warrior, victim
3. (figurative) prized possession

ika

1. cluster, band, troop, group, company, heap

• “ika” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

ika

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Maori ika.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ka/
• Hyphenation: i‧ka

ika

1. fish
2. war casualty

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 30
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 132

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: i‧ka

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

1. slight limp while walking

   Synonyms: ikod, tikod

Apheresis of wika.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔikaʔ/ [ˈʔi.xɐʔ], /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -ikaʔ, -aʔ
• Syllabification: i‧ka

ikà or ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

1. Alternative form of 'ika

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: i‧ka

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)

1. (Bataan) added to sentences as a filler

• “ika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Malay ikat.

ika

1. to bind

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Samoan i'a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈi.ka]
• Hyphenation: i‧ka

ika

1. fish
2. coconut crab
3. turtle
4. rear end of a canoe

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 28

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

• IPA^(key): /i.ka/

ika

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

From Proto-Polynesian *ika.

ika

1. fish

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪka]

ika

1. there

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

ika

1. else, otherwise
2. or, or else

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “а, иначе, то”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

ika

1. (exclusive, singular) you

Doublet of ẹ̀ka

• ùka, ụ̀ka

• IPA^(key): /ì.kā/

ìka

1. finger, toe

   Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ọ̀kị̀ka, ọmọ-ìka

• àtàǹpàkò (“thumb”)

• IPA^(key): /ì.kà/

ìkà

1. wicked (person); evil (person)

   Synonym: (Èkìtì) idà

   Antonym: ibi

   Ìkà ni wọ́n ― They are wicked