vika

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vika (plural vikas)

1. A large, tree-dwelling rodent (Uromys vika) found in the Solomon Islands

   Synonym: Vangunu giant rat

• Vaik, kiva

• viĉa

• IPA^(key): /ˈvika/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka
• Rhymes: -ika

vika (accusative singular vikan, plural vikaj, accusative plural vikajn)

1. Wiccan

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

vika f (genitive singular viku, plural vikur)

1. week

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋikɑ]
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka
• Rhymes: -ɑ

From Proto-Finnic *vika. Cognate with Estonian viga.

vika

1. flaw, malfunction, failure, problem

   Koneessa on vika.

   There is a malfunction in the machine.

   Kun hän näki vian, hän vain kohautti olkapäitään ja alkoi korjata sitä.

   When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

2. fault

   Se on sinun vikasi.

   It is your fault.

3. stain or flaw in character
4. wrong (adjective).

   Älä valita! Ruoassasi ei ole mitään vikaa.

   Stop complaining! There's nothing wrong with your food.

   Kännykässäni on jotain vikaa.

   Something is wrong with my cellphone.

• viallinen
• vikaantua
• vioittaa

Colloquial form of viimeinen (“last”).

vika

1. (colloquial) the last

• kiva

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪːka/
• Rhymes: -ɪːka

vika f (genitive singular viku, nominative plural vikur)

1. week

• vikulega
• vikulegur
• vikudagur
• dymbilvika
• kyrravika
• dymbildagavika
• páskavika

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

vika

1. fault
2. flaw

• viken

vika m or f

1. definite feminine singular of vik

vika f

1. definite singular of vik

From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

vika f

1. week

• vika in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

vika f

1. week

• Swedish: vecka

From Old Norse víkja, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną

vīka

1. to move, to change direction
2. to fold
3. to retreat
4. to yield

• Swedish: vika

• IPA^(key): /ʋîka/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka

vȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ка)

1. shouting, screaming

• vikati

From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.

The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike gewen, where the noun wike means eftergift, flykt.[1]

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vika

1. (in the expression: ge vika) to give in, to fold (under pressure), to give up

vika

1. to fold
2. (colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action

   Jag viker en dag åt mässan.

   I dedicate a day to (visiting) the expo.

3. (colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use

   De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom - rör dem inte!

   These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom - don't touch them!

4. (reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure)

   Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.

   Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.

5. (reflexive) to bend (by laughing too much)

   De skrattade så att de vek sig.

   they were rolling on the floor laughing.

6. (reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed

   Jag går och viker mig.

   I'm going to bed.

vika ut

1. (transitive) to unfold, to open a foldout
2. (reflexive) to expose oneself as a (nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online

   Ungdomar viker ut sig som aldrig förr.

   Youngsters expose themselves like never before.

• veck
• vik
• vikning

• vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

-vika^?

1. (transitive) to avoid

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