dika

See also: dīķa

English

Etymology

Native West African name.

Noun

dika (uncountable)

  1. A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia barteri.

Anagrams


Esperanto

Etymology

From German dick.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdika/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka
  • Rhymes: -ika

Adjective

dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)

  1. thick
    La pordo estis dika.The door was thick.
  2. 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 *tegus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.ka/

Adjective

dika

  1. thick

Antonyms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (blessing), from the language of Church liturgy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐːka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)

  1. pride
  2. fame, glory, honor
  3. (obsolete) darling
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)

  1. Alternative form of dìkka
Declension

Etymology 3

From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)

  1. dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia barteri)
Declension

References

  • dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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