dika

See also: dīķa, dikʼą́, and dįkʼa

English

Etymology

From a native West African name.

Noun

dika (countable and uncountable, plural dikas)

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

   Synonym: Gaboon chocolate

Derived terms

• dika bread

Anagrams

• kadi, kaid

Esperanto

Etymology

From English thick and German dick. First attested in Zamenhof's Unua Libro (1887).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdika/

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: 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.

Derived terms

adjectives

• diketa
• harmaldika
• maldika
• maldikega
• trodika

adverbs

• dike
• maldike

nouns

• dikaĵo
• dikeco
• diko
• dikulino
• dikulo
• maldikeco
• tavoldiko
• trodikeco

verbs

• dikigi
• dikiĝi
• maldikigi
• maldikiĝi

Further reading

• “dika”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “dika”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

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

• dina

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic دِيك (dīk, “rooster, cock”), with the feminine suffix -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ka/
• Rhymes: -iːka

Noun

dika m or f by sense (plural djuk)

1. hermaphrodite

   Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

Adjective

dika (plural djuk)

1. hermaphrodite

   Synonym: ermafrodit (ermafrodita)

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

Declension of dika

	singular	plural
nominative	dika	dike
genitive	dike	dika
dative	diki	dikama
accusative	diku	dike
vocative	diko	dike
locative	diki	dikama
instrumental	dikom	dikama

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)

1. alternative form of dìkka

Declension

Declension of dika

	singular	plural
nominative	dika	dike
genitive	dike	dika
dative	diki	dikama
accusative	diku	dike
vocative	diko	dike
locative	diki	dikama
instrumental	dikom	dikama

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

Declension of dika

	singular	plural
nominative	dika	dike
genitive	dike	dika
dative	diki	dikama
accusative	diku	dike
vocative	diko	dike
locative	diki	dikama
instrumental	dikom	dikama

References

• “dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “dika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026