pika

• pica (archaic)

From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪkə/
• Rhymes: -aɪkə

pika (plural pikas)

1. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

• black-lipped pika
• plateau pika
• Sardinian pika

• Paik, Paki, kipa, paki

From Latin pica.

• IPA^(key): /pika/ [pi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: pi‧ka

pika anim

1. magpie

• mika

pika

1. prick

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪka]
• Rhymes: -ɪka
• Hyphenation: pi‧ka

pika f

1. Obsolete form of píka (“pike”).
   • 1873 September 2, “Nauka o zbrani”, in Vlasť, volume III, number 35, page 1:

     Ratiště pik nesmí míti suků, musí býti ohebné a bez kazů.

     Shafts of pikes must not have knots, they must be flexible and without flaws.

pika f

1. American pika, Ochotona princeps^{WP WSp Commons} (species within the family Ochotonidae)
   • 2002 February 5, Ivo Budil, “Pišťuchu ohrožuje oteplování Země”, in Vesmír, number 12, page 709:

     Sledování života pik v posledním půlstoletí naznačuje, že je může vyhubit už nepatrné zvýšení teploty na Zemi.

     Research of the life of American pikas in the last half-century suggests that even a minute increase of the Earth's temperature can make them extinct.

• (genera Vulpes and Urocyon): živočichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; čtyřnožci – superclassis; savci – class; zajícovití – order; pišťuchovití – family; pišťucha – genus

• “pika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpika]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: pi‧ka

pika (accusative singular pikan, plural pikaj, accusative plural pikajn)

1. (card games) of the suit of spades (♠).

   la pika aso ― the ace of spades

• piko

pika

1. genitive singular of pikk

From English pika; see it for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpikɑ/, [ˈpikɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pi‧ka

pika

1. pika
2. (in the plural) the taxonomic family Ochotonidae

• piiskujänis (dated)

• pika- (“quick”)

• kapi, kipa

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pika m (plural pikas)

1. pika

From Portuguese picar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pika.

pika

1. to split
2. to stab

• IPA^(key): [ˈpikɒ]
• Hyphenation: pi‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

pika (plural pikák)

1. lance

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pika	pikák
accusative	pikát	pikákat
dative	pikának	pikáknak
instrumental	pikával	pikákkal
causal-final	pikáért	pikákért
translative	pikává	pikákká
terminative	pikáig	pikákig
essive-formal	pikaként	pikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pikában	pikákban
superessive	pikán	pikákon
adessive	pikánál	pikáknál
illative	pikába	pikákba
sublative	pikára	pikákra
allative	pikához	pikákhoz
elative	pikából	pikákból
delative	pikáról	pikákról
ablative	pikától	pikáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	pikáé	pikáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	pikáéi	pikákéi

Possessive forms of pika
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pikám	pikáim
2nd person sing.	pikád	pikáid
3rd person sing.	pikája	pikái
1st person plural	pikánk	pikáink
2nd person plural	pikátok	pikáitok
3rd person plural	pikájuk	pikáik

• pikás

• pika in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Portuguese picar.

pika

1. to chop
2. to shred

pika f (4th declension)

1. lump
2. snowball
3. pat
4. clod
5. clump
6. chunk
7. cob
8. clot

• piken m

pika f

1. definite feminine singular of pike

pika

1. ear

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
• Yong Lam Liaw, Pamosu Organised Phonology Data (2002)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪkɐ]

pika

1. pain

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: pi‧ka

Borrowed from French pique. Doublet of pik.

pika f

1. pike (long spear)

   Synonyms: dzida, spisa

• gizarma
• glewia
• halabarda
• kontarion
• kopia
• korseka
• lanca
• młot lucereński
• partyzana
• rohatyna
• runka
• spisa friulska
• szponton

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pika m inan

1. genitive singular of pik
2. (nonstandard, colloquial) accusative singular of pik (a spade in card games)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pika

1. third-person singular present of pikać

• pika in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pika in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Bantu *-jìpɪka (“to cook, to boil”).

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-pika (infinitive kupika)

1. to cook

Conjugation of -pika
Positive present -napika Subjunctive -pike Negative -piki Imperative singular pika
Infinitives
Positive kupika Negative kutopika
Imperatives
Singular pika Plural pikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupika Positive past positive subject concord + -lipika Negative past negative subject concord + -kupika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napika) Singular Plural 1st person ninapika/napika tunapika 2nd person unapika mnapika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapika wanapika other classes positive subject concord + -napika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -piki) Singular Plural 1st person sipiki hatupiki 2nd person hupiki hampiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapiki hawapiki other classes negative subject concord + -piki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapika Negative future negative subject concord + -tapika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pike) Singular Plural 1st person nipike tupike 2nd person upike mpike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apike wapike other classes positive subject concord + -pike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apika) Singular Plural 1st person napika twapika 2nd person wapika mwapika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apika wapika m-mi(III/IV) wapika yapika ji-ma(V/VI) lapika yapika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapika vyapika n(IX/X) yapika zapika u(XI) wapika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapika pa(XVI) papika mu(XVIII) mwapika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopika Consecutive kapika / positive subject concord + -kapika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipika -tupika 2nd person -kupika -wapika/-kupikeni/-wapikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpika -wapika m-mi(III/IV) -upika -ipika ji-ma(V/VI) -lipika -yapika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipika -vipika n(IX/X) -ipika -zipika u(XI) -upika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupika pa(XVI) -papika mu(XVIII) -mupika Reflexive -jipika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pikaye -pikao m-mi(III/IV) -pikao -pikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pikalo -pikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pikacho -pikavyo n(IX/X) -pikayo -pikazo u(XI) -pikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pikako pa(XVI) -pikapo mu(XVIII) -pikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepika -opika m-mi(III/IV) -opika -yopika ji-ma(V/VI) -lopika -yopika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopika -vyopika n(IX/X) -yopika -zopika u(XI) -opika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopika pa(XVI) -popika mu(XVIII) -mopika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pikia
  • Causative: -pikisha
  • Passive: -pikwa
  • Reciprocal: -pikana
  • Stative: -pikika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mpishi (“cook”)
  • upishi (“cooking”)

pik +‎ -a

pika (present pikar, preterite pikade, supine pikat, imperative pika)

1. to take a dig at (someone), to (subtly) jibe (someone)

• pika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

piká

1. fist blow