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

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pika (plural pikas)

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

• Paik, Paki, kipa, paki

pika

1. inflection of pikë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

From Latin pica.

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

• pikás

• pika in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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:
  • mapishi (“cookery”)
  • mpikaji (“cook”)
  • mpishi (“cook”)
  • upikaji (“cooking”)
  • 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