sika

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkə/

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• Rhymes: -iːkə
• Homophone: seeker (non-rhotic)

From Japanese 鹿 (shika, “deer”).

sika (plural sikas or sika)

1. Cervus nippon, a deer found in the forests of East Asia

   Synonyms: Japanese deer, sika deer

• Sika

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sika (plural sikas or sika)

1. A traditional Bangladeshi hanging basket
   • 2003, Sirajul Islam, Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh‎^[1], volume 7, →ISBN, page 207:

     In the past sikas were made within the family and its purchase and sale was not so noticeable.

• Often italicized as a foreign borrowing.

• Sika Deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cervus nippon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cervus nippon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• AKIs, KIAS, KIAs, Saki, aiks, saki

• IPA^(key): [ˈsika]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: si‧ka

sika (accusative singular sikan, plural sikaj, accusative plural sikajn)

1. Sikh
   • 2002 February, GMA, “Irlandaj sikoj razas sin”, in Monato, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:

     Tiele, la sikaj viroj malĝoje ĉesas surporti turbanon kaj unuafoje en la vivo vizitas barbirojn por fortondigi la hararon kaj barbon.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• siko

From Proto-Finnic *cika. Cognate with Estonian siga, Livonian sigā, Võro tsiga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈs̠ikɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧ka

sika

1. pig, swine
2. Synonym of sianliha (“pork”)
3. (derogatory) pig, swine (term for a person)

   Synonym: sikailija

4. (derogatory, slang) police officer

• “sika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• -ksia, aski, kasi, kisa

sika

1. to sew

Cognates include Fon síká, Saxwe Gbe sìká, Adja shika, Ewe sika. Compare Akan sika (“gold, money”), Kabiyé sika, Gur Lama sɨka, Nkonya sika (“gold, money”), Akebu sɩka-yǝ, Ifè siká, Gikyode sika (“gold, money”), Tem siká, Nawdm sìká, Hanga suga, Abidji sìká

• IPA^(key): /sí.ká/

síká (plural síká lɛ́ or síká lẹ́)

1. gold

Borrowed from Esperanto seka, French sec, Italian secco, Spanish seco, ultimately from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. The initial e was changed to i so not to interfere with sekar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsika/

sika

1. dry (not wet)

   Antonyms: aquoza, humida

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ka/
• Hyphenation: si‧ka

síka (plural siksika)

1. dysentery, diarrhea

   Synonym: buris

• agsika

From Proto-Austronesian *si and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka.

• IPA^(key): /siˈka/

siká

1. Second-person singular absolutive independent pronoun; you

• siksika

From Proto-Finnic *cika. Cognates include Finnish sika and Estonian siga.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈs̠ikɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈʃiɡ̊ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Hyphenation: si‧ka

sika

1. pig
2. A certain card game, where players take turns drawing cards from the deck and try to discard them.

Declension of sika (type 3/kana, k- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	sika	siat
genitive	sian	sikkoin
partitive	sikkaa	sikoja
illative	sikkaa	sikkoi
inessive	sias	siois
elative	siast	sioist
allative	sialle	sioille
adessive	sial	sioil
ablative	sialt	sioilt
translative	siaks	sioiks
essive	sikanna, sikkaan	sikoinna, sikkoin
exessive1)	sikant	sikoint
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.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сига”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 523
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, page 82

sika

1. place, locality

sika

1. now, current

sika

1. medicine

-sika^?

1. to cut

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

sika (present tense sik or sikar or siker, past tense seik or sika or sikt, supine sike or sika or sikt, past participle siken or sika or sikt, present participle sikande, imperative sik)

1. alternative form of sike

sika

1. definite singular of sik f
2. definite plural of sik n

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: si‧ka

sika

1. third-person singular present of sikać

From Proto-Finnic *cika. Cognate with Finnish sika, Estonian siga, Võro tsiga.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈsʲikɑ]
• Rhymes: -ikɑ
• Hyphenation: si‧ka

sika

1. pig

Declension of sika (type III/jalkõ, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sika	sigad
genitive	siga	sikojõ, sikoi
partitive	sikka	sikoitõ, sikoi
illative	sikkasõ, sikka	sikoisõ
inessive	sigaz	sikoiz
elative	sigassõ	sikoissõ
allative	sigalõ	sikoilõ
adessive	sigallõ	sikoillõ
ablative	sigaltõ	sikoiltõ
translative	sigassi	sikoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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

-síka

1. (transitive) to cut

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

-síka

1. (transitive) to cut
2. (transitive) to imitate, to mimic

   Synonym: -lingisa

Tone H
Infinitive	ukusika
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukusika	ukungasiki
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	sika	-sike
Plural	sikani	-sikeni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyasika, ngisika	engisikayo, engisika	ngisika	angisiki	engingasiki	ngingasiki
2nd singular	uyasika, usika	osikayo, osika	usika	awusiki	ongasiki	ungasiki
1st plural	siyasika, sisika	esisikayo, esisika	sisika	asisiki	esingasiki	singasiki
2nd plural	niyasika, nisika	enisikayo, enisika	nisika	anisiki	eningasiki	ningasiki
Class 1	uyasika, usika	osikayo, osika	esika	akasiki	ongasiki	engasiki
Class 2	bayasika, basika	abasikayo, abasika	besika	abasiki	abangasiki	bengasiki
Class 3	uyasika, usika	osikayo, osika	usika	awusiki	ongasiki	ungasiki
Class 4	iyasika, isika	esikayo, esika	isika	ayisiki	engasiki	ingasiki
Class 5	liyasika, lisika	elisikayo, elisika	lisika	alisiki	elingasiki	lingasiki
Class 6	ayasika, asika	asikayo, asika	esika	awasiki	angasiki	engasiki
Class 7	siyasika, sisika	esisikayo, esisika	sisika	asisiki	esingasiki	singasiki
Class 8	ziyasika, zisika	ezisikayo, ezisika	zisika	azisiki	ezingasiki	zingasiki
Class 9	iyasika, isika	esikayo, esika	isika	ayisiki	engasiki	ingasiki
Class 10	ziyasika, zisika	ezisikayo, ezisika	zisika	azisiki	ezingasiki	zingasiki
Class 11	luyasika, lusika	olusikayo, olusika	lusika	alusiki	olungasiki	lungasiki
Class 14	buyasika, busika	obusikayo, obusika	busika	abusiki	obungasiki	bungasiki
Class 15	kuyasika, kusika	okusikayo, okusika	kusika	akusiki	okungasiki	kungasiki
Class 17	kuyasika, kusika	okusikayo, okusika	kusika	akusiki	okungasiki	kungasiki
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngisikile, ngisikē	engisikile, engisikē	ngisikile, ngisikē	angisikanga	engingasikanga	ngingasikanga
2nd singular	usikile, usikē	osikile, osikē	usikile, usikē	awusikanga	ongasikanga	ungasikanga
1st plural	sisikile, sisikē	esisikile, esisikē	sisikile, sisikē	asisikanga	esingasikanga	singasikanga
2nd plural	nisikile, nisikē	enisikile, enisikē	nisikile, nisikē	anisikanga	eningasikanga	ningasikanga
Class 1	usikile, usikē	osikile, osikē	esikile, esikē	akasikanga	ongasikanga	engasikanga
Class 2	basikile, basikē	abasikile, abasikē	besikile, besikē	abasikanga	abangasikanga	bengasikanga
Class 3	usikile, usikē	osikile, osikē	usikile, usikē	awusikanga	ongasikanga	ungasikanga
Class 4	isikile, isikē	esikile, esikē	isikile, isikē	ayisikanga	engasikanga	ingasikanga
Class 5	lisikile, lisikē	elisikile, elisikē	lisikile, lisikē	alisikanga	elingasikanga	lingasikanga
Class 6	asikile, asikē	asikile, asikē	esikile, esikē	awasikanga	angasikanga	engasikanga
Class 7	sisikile, sisikē	esisikile, esisikē	sisikile, sisikē	asisikanga	esingasikanga	singasikanga
Class 8	zisikile, zisikē	ezisikile, ezisikē	zisikile, zisikē	azisikanga	ezingasikanga	zingasikanga
Class 9	isikile, isikē	esikile, esikē	isikile, isikē	ayisikanga	engasikanga	ingasikanga
Class 10	zisikile, zisikē	ezisikile, ezisikē	zisikile, zisikē	azisikanga	ezingasikanga	zingasikanga
Class 11	lusikile, lusikē	olusikile, olusikē	lusikile, lusikē	alusikanga	olungasikanga	lungasikanga
Class 14	busikile, busikē	obusikile, obusikē	busikile, busikē	abusikanga	obungasikanga	bungasikanga
Class 15	kusikile, kusikē	okusikile, okusikē	kusikile, kusikē	akusikanga	okungasikanga	kungasikanga
Class 17	kusikile, kusikē	okusikile, okusikē	kusikile, kusikē	akusikanga	okungasikanga	kungasikanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngāsika	engāsika	ngāsika	angisikanga	engingasikanga	ngingasikanga
2nd singular	wāsika	owāsika	wāsika	awusikanga	ongasikanga	ungasikanga
1st plural	sāsika	esāsika	sāsika	asisikanga	esingasikanga	singasikanga
2nd plural	nāsika	enāsika	nāsika	anisikanga	eningasikanga	ningasikanga
Class 1	wāsika	owāsika	āsika	akasikanga	ongasikanga	engasikanga
Class 2	bāsika	abāsika	bāsika	abasikanga	abangasikanga	bengasikanga
Class 3	wāsika	owāsika	wāsika	awusikanga	ongasikanga	ungasikanga
Class 4	yāsika	eyāsika	yāsika	ayisikanga	engasikanga	ingasikanga
Class 5	lāsika	elāsika	lāsika	alisikanga	elingasikanga	lingasikanga
Class 6	āsika	āsika	āsika	awasikanga	angasikanga	engasikanga
Class 7	sāsika	esāsika	sāsika	asisikanga	esingasikanga	singasikanga
Class 8	zāsika	ezāsika	zāsika	azisikanga	ezingasikanga	zingasikanga
Class 9	yāsika	eyāsika	yāsika	ayisikanga	engasikanga	ingasikanga
Class 10	zāsika	ezāsika	zāsika	azisikanga	ezingasikanga	zingasikanga
Class 11	lwāsika	olwāsika	lwāsika	alusikanga	olungasikanga	lungasikanga
Class 14	bāsika	obāsika	bāsika	abusikanga	obungasikanga	bungasikanga
Class 15	kwāsika	okwāsika	kwāsika	akusikanga	okungasikanga	kungasikanga
Class 17	kwāsika	okwāsika	kwāsika	akusikanga	okungasikanga	kungasikanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingasika	—	ngingasika	ngingesike	—	ngingesike
2nd singular	ungasika	—	ungasika	ungesike	—	ungesike
1st plural	singasika	—	singasika	singesike	—	singesike
2nd plural	ningasika	—	ningasika	ningesike	—	ningesike
Class 1	angasika	—	engasika	angesike	—	engesike
Class 2	bangasika	—	bengasika	bangesike	—	bengesike
Class 3	ungasika	—	ungasika	ungesike	—	ungesike
Class 4	ingasika	—	ingasika	ingesike	—	ingesike
Class 5	lingasika	—	lingasika	lingesike	—	lingesike
Class 6	angasika	—	engasika	angesike	—	engesike
Class 7	singasika	—	singasika	singesike	—	singesike
Class 8	zingasika	—	zingasika	zingesike	—	zingesike
Class 9	ingasika	—	ingasika	ingesike	—	ingesike
Class 10	zingasika	—	zingasika	zingesike	—	zingesike
Class 11	lungasika	—	lungasika	lungesike	—	lungesike
Class 14	bungasika	—	bungasika	bungesike	—	bungesike
Class 15	kungasika	—	kungasika	kungesike	—	kungesike
Class 17	kungasika	—	kungasika	kungesike	—	kungesike
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizosika	engizosika	ngizosika	angizusika	engingezusika	ngingezusika
2nd singular	uzosika	ozosika	uzosika	awuzusika	ongezusika	ungezusika
1st plural	sizosika	esizosika	sizosika	asizusika	esingezusika	singezusika
2nd plural	nizosika	enizosika	nizosika	anizusika	eningezusika	ningezusika
Class 1	uzosika	ozosika	ezosika	akazusika	ongezusika	engezusika
Class 2	bazosika	abazosika	bezosika	abazusika	abangezusika	bengezusika
Class 3	uzosika	ozosika	uzosika	awuzusika	ongezusika	ungezusika
Class 4	izosika	ezosika	izosika	ayizusika	engezusika	ingezusika
Class 5	lizosika	elizosika	lizosika	alizusika	elingezusika	lingezusika
Class 6	azosika	azosika	ezosika	awazusika	angezusika	engezusika
Class 7	sizosika	esizosika	sizosika	asizusika	esingezusika	singezusika
Class 8	zizosika	ezizosika	zizosika	azizusika	ezingezusika	zingezusika
Class 9	izosika	ezosika	izosika	ayizusika	engezusika	ingezusika
Class 10	zizosika	ezizosika	zizosika	azizusika	ezingezusika	zingezusika
Class 11	luzosika	oluzosika	luzosika	aluzusika	olungezusika	lungezusika
Class 14	buzosika	obuzosika	buzosika	abuzusika	obungezusika	bungezusika
Class 15	kuzosika	okuzosika	kuzosika	akuzusika	okungezusika	kungezusika
Class 17	kuzosika	okuzosika	kuzosika	akuzusika	okungezusika	kungezusika
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyosika	engiyosika	ngiyosika	angiyusika	engingeyusika	ngingeyusika
2nd singular	uyosika	oyosika	uyosika	awuyusika	ongeyusika	ungeyusika
1st plural	siyosika	esiyosika	siyosika	asiyusika	esingeyusika	singeyusika
2nd plural	niyosika	eniyosika	niyosika	aniyusika	eningeyusika	ningeyusika
Class 1	uyosika	oyosika	eyosika	akayusika	ongeyusika	engeyusika
Class 2	bayosika	abayosika	beyosika	abayusika	abangeyusika	bengeyusika
Class 3	uyosika	oyosika	uyosika	awuyusika	ongeyusika	ungeyusika
Class 4	iyosika	eyosika	iyosika	ayiyusika	engeyusika	ingeyusika
Class 5	liyosika	eliyosika	liyosika	aliyusika	elingeyusika	lingeyusika
Class 6	ayosika	ayosika	eyosika	awayusika	angeyusika	engeyusika
Class 7	siyosika	esiyosika	siyosika	asiyusika	esingeyusika	singeyusika
Class 8	ziyosika	eziyosika	ziyosika	aziyusika	ezingeyusika	zingeyusika
Class 9	iyosika	eyosika	iyosika	ayiyusika	engeyusika	ingeyusika
Class 10	ziyosika	eziyosika	ziyosika	aziyusika	ezingeyusika	zingeyusika
Class 11	luyosika	oluyosika	luyosika	aluyusika	olungeyusika	lungeyusika
Class 14	buyosika	obuyosika	buyosika	abuyusika	obungeyusika	bungeyusika
Class 15	kuyosika	okuyosika	kuyosika	akuyusika	okungeyusika	kungeyusika
Class 17	kuyosika	okuyosika	kuyosika	akuyusika	okungeyusika	kungeyusika
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngisike	ngingasiki
2nd singular	usike	ungasiki
1st plural	sisike	singasiki
2nd plural	nisike	ningasiki
Class 1	asike	angasiki
Class 2	basike	bangasiki
Class 3	usike	ungasiki
Class 4	isike	ingasiki
Class 5	lisike	lingasiki
Class 6	asike	angasiki
Class 7	sisike	singasiki
Class 8	zisike	zingasiki
Class 9	isike	ingasiki
Class 10	zisike	zingasiki
Class 11	lusike	lungasiki
Class 14	busike	bungasiki
Class 15	kusike	kungasiki
Class 17	kusike	kungasiki
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngasika	ngangasika, angasika, angangasika
2nd singular	wasika	wangasika, awasika, awangasika
1st plural	sasika	sangasika, asasika, asangasika
2nd plural	nasika	nangasika, anasika, anangasika
Class 1	wasika	wangasika, akasika, akangasika
Class 2	basika	bangasika, abasika, abangasika
Class 3	wasika	wangasika, awasika, awangasika
Class 4	yasika	yangasika, ayasika, ayangasika
Class 5	lasika	langasika, alasika, alangasika
Class 6	asika	angasika, awasika, awangasika
Class 7	sasika	sangasika, asasika, asangasika
Class 8	zasika	zangasika, azasika, azangasika
Class 9	yasika	yangasika, ayasika, ayangasika
Class 10	zasika	zangasika, azasika, azangasika
Class 11	lwasika	lwangasika, alwasika, alwangasika
Class 14	basika	bangasika, abasika, abangasika
Class 15	kwasika	kwangasika, akwasika, akwangasika
Class 17	kwasika	kwangasika, akwasika, akwangasika

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “sika”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sika (3.9)”