pika

See also: Pika, píka, píkǎ, and pika-

English

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pika

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

pica (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pika (plural pikas)

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.

Derived terms

Translations

furry mammal of the family Ochotonidae

Assamese: পিকা পহু (pika pohu)
Bulgarian: безопашат заек m (bezopašat zaek)
Catalan: pica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼠兔 (zh) (shǔtù)
Czech: pišťucha f
Dutch: fluithaas (nl) m
Finnish: pika (fi)
French: pika (fr) m, lièvre criard (fr) m, lièvre siffleur (fr) m, ochotone (fr) m
German: Pfeifhase (de) m
Irish: pioca m
Italian: ocotona (it) m
Korean: 우는토끼 (uneuntokki)
Northwestern Ojibwa: gaawin'ozowaa-wajiw-waabooz
Polish: szczekuszka (pl) f
Russian: пищу́ха (ru) f (piščúxa)
Scottish Gaelic: paice f
Swedish: piphare c
Vietnamese: thỏ cộc
Welsh: pica m

Anagrams

Paik, Paki, kipa, paki

Basque

Etymology

From Latin pica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pika anim

magpie

Declension

Declension of pika (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	pika	pika	pikak
ergative	pikak	pikak	pikek
dative	pikari	pikari	pikei
genitive	pikaren	pikaren	piken
comitative	pikarekin	pikarekin	pikekin
causative	pikarengatik	pikarengatik	pikengatik
benefactive	pikarentzat	pikarentzat	pikentzat
instrumental	pikaz	pikaz	pikez
inessive	pikarengan	pikarengan	pikengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	pikarengana	pikarengana	pikengana
terminative	pikarenganaino	pikarenganaino	pikenganaino
directive	pikarenganantz	pikarenganantz	pikenganantz
destinative	pikarenganako	pikarenganako	pikenganako
ablative	pikarengandik	pikarengandik	pikengandik
partitive	pikarik	—	—
prolative	pikatzat	—	—

Alternative forms

mika

Breton

Verb

pika

prick

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

pika f

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.

Declension

Declension of pika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	piky
genitive	piky	pik
dative	pice	pikám
accusative	piku	piky
vocative	piko	piky
locative	pice	pikách
instrumental	pikou	pikami

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

pika f

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.

Declension

Declension of pika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	piky
genitive	piky	pik
dative	pice	pikám
accusative	piku	piky
vocative	piko	piky
locative	pice	pikách
instrumental	pikou	pikami

Hypernyms

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

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

Adjective

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

(card games) of the suit of spades (♠).
la pika aso ― the ace of spades

Related terms

piko

Estonian

Adjective

pika

genitive singular of pikk

Finnish

Etymology

From English pika; see it for more.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pika

pika
(in the plural) the taxonomic family Ochotonidae

Declension

Inflection of pika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pika	pikat
genitive		pikan	pikojen
partitive		pikaa	pikoja
illative		pikaan	pikoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pika	pikat
accusative	nom.	pika	pikat
accusative	gen.	pikan	pikat
genitive		pikan	pikojen pikain ^rare
partitive		pikaa	pikoja
inessive		pikassa	pikoissa
elative		pikasta	pikoista
illative		pikaan	pikoihin
adessive		pikalla	pikoilla
ablative		pikalta	pikoilta
allative		pikalle	pikoille
essive		pikana	pikoina
translative		pikaksi	pikoiksi
abessive		pikatta	pikoitta
instructive		—	pikoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pikani	pikani
accusative	nom.	pikani	pikani
accusative	gen.	pikani	pikani
genitive		pikani	pikojeni pikaini ^rare
partitive		pikaani	pikojani
inessive		pikassani	pikoissani
elative		pikastani	pikoistani
illative		pikaani	pikoihini
adessive		pikallani	pikoillani
ablative		pikaltani	pikoiltani
allative		pikalleni	pikoilleni
essive		pikanani	pikoinani
translative		pikakseni	pikoikseni
abessive		pikattani	pikoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pikoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pikasi	pikasi
accusative	nom.	pikasi	pikasi
accusative	gen.	pikasi	pikasi
genitive		pikasi	pikojesi pikaisi ^rare
partitive		pikaasi	pikojasi
inessive		pikassasi	pikoissasi
elative		pikastasi	pikoistasi
illative		pikaasi	pikoihisi
adessive		pikallasi	pikoillasi
ablative		pikaltasi	pikoiltasi
allative		pikallesi	pikoillesi
essive		pikanasi	pikoinasi
translative		pikaksesi	pikoiksesi
abessive		pikattasi	pikoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pikoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pikamme	pikamme
accusative	nom.	pikamme	pikamme
accusative	gen.	pikamme	pikamme
genitive		pikamme	pikojemme pikaimme ^rare
partitive		pikaamme	pikojamme
inessive		pikassamme	pikoissamme
elative		pikastamme	pikoistamme
illative		pikaamme	pikoihimme
adessive		pikallamme	pikoillamme
ablative		pikaltamme	pikoiltamme
allative		pikallemme	pikoillemme
essive		pikanamme	pikoinamme
translative		pikaksemme	pikoiksemme
abessive		pikattamme	pikoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pikoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pikanne	pikanne
accusative	nom.	pikanne	pikanne
accusative	gen.	pikanne	pikanne
genitive		pikanne	pikojenne pikainne ^rare
partitive		pikaanne	pikojanne
inessive		pikassanne	pikoissanne
elative		pikastanne	pikoistanne
illative		pikaanne	pikoihinne
adessive		pikallanne	pikoillanne
ablative		pikaltanne	pikoiltanne
allative		pikallenne	pikoillenne
essive		pikananne	pikoinanne
translative		pikaksenne	pikoiksenne
abessive		pikattanne	pikoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pikoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pikansa	pikansa
accusative	nom.	pikansa	pikansa
accusative	gen.	pikansa	pikansa
genitive		pikansa	pikojensa pikainsa ^rare
partitive		pikaansa	pikojaan pikojansa
inessive		pikassaan pikassansa	pikoissaan pikoissansa
elative		pikastaan pikastansa	pikoistaan pikoistansa
illative		pikaansa	pikoihinsa
adessive		pikallaan pikallansa	pikoillaan pikoillansa
ablative		pikaltaan pikaltansa	pikoiltaan pikoiltansa
allative		pikalleen pikallensa	pikoilleen pikoillensa
essive		pikanaan pikanansa	pikoinaan pikoinansa
translative		pikakseen pikaksensa	pikoikseen pikoiksensa
abessive		pikattaan pikattansa	pikoittaan pikoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pikoineen pikoinensa

Synonyms

piiskujänis (dated)

Derived terms

pikimmiten

compounds

Anagrams

kapi, kipa

French

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

pika m (plural pikas)

pika

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese picar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pika.

Verb

pika

to split
to stab

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

pika

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pika (plural pikák)

lance

Declension

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

Derived terms

pikás

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese picar.

Verb

pika

to chop
to shred

Latvian

Noun

pika f (4th declension)

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Declension

Declension of pika (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pika	pikas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	piku	pikas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pikas	piku
dative (datīvs)	pikai	pikām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	piku	pikām
locative (lokatīvs)	pikā	pikās
vocative (vokatīvs)	pika	pikas

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

piken m

Noun

pika f

definite feminine singular of pike

Pamosu

Noun

pika

ear

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɪkɐ]

Noun

pika

pain

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

pika

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ka/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ika
Syllabification: pi‧ka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pique. Doublet of pik.

Noun

pika f

pike (long spear)
Synonyms: dzida, spisa

Declension

Declension of pika

	singular	plural
nominative	pika	piki
genitive	piki	pik
dative	pice	pikom
accusative	pikę	piki
instrumental	piką	pikami
locative	pice	pikach
vocative	piko	piki

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pika m inan

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pika

third-person singular present of pikać

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Verb

-pika (infinitive kupika)

to cook

Conjugation

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
3rd person	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
3rd person	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
3rd person	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.

Derived terms

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

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

Swedish

Etymology

pik +‎ -a

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of pika (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	pika		pikas
Supine	pikat		pikats
Imperative	pika		—
Imper. plural¹	piken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	pikar	pikade	pikas	pikades
Ind. plural¹	pika	pikade	pikas	pikades
Subjunctive²	pike	pikade	pikes	pikades
	Participles
Present participle	pikande
Past participle	pikad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Waray-Waray

Noun

piká

fist blow

pika

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Alternative forms

Breton

Verb

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Hypernyms

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

Related terms

Estonian

Adjective

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Verb

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Verb

Latvian

Noun

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

Pamosu

Noun

Further reading

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

Noun

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3