dika

See also: dīķa

English

Etymology

Native West African name.

Noun

dika (countable and uncountable, plural dikas)

  1. (countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
  2. (uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From German dick.

Pronunciation

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

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 *tégus.

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 Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
Declension

References

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