siku
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]siku (plural sikus)
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]siku
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]siku (plural sikut)
- ice (on water)
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.
- The BBC crew has visited Ammassalik twice. The first time was in March, when they filmed on the solid winter sea ice.
- ice-cream, ice lolly
Usage notes
[edit]For ice on solid objects, use sermeq.
Declension
[edit]| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | siku | sikut |
| ergative | sikup | |
| allative | sikumut | sikunut |
| ablative | sikumit | sikunit |
| prolative | sikukkut | sikutigut |
| locative | sikumi | sikuni |
| instrumental | sikumik | sikunik |
| equative | sikutut | |
Higaonon
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsiku/ [ˈsi.ku]
- Rhymes: -iku
- Syllabification: si‧ku
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Malay siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku (plural siku-siku)
- (anatomy) elbow
- Synonym: sikut
- butt (of a gun)
- (geometry) short for siku-siku (“right angle”)
- square (an L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles)
- (road transport) angle, corner (of road)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Lampung Api [Term?] or Abung [Term?].
Noun
[edit]siku (plural siku-siku)
- a large net made of woven rattan, used to catch fish in swamps [since 2024]
Etymology 3
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 市區 (shiku, “municipal district, urban subdistrict”). Romanised according modified Kunrei-shiki romanization.
Noun
[edit]siku (plural siku-siku)
- (historical, 1942-1945) synonym of kelurahan (“subdistrict”)
- Gambir siku ― Gambir subdistrict
Further reading
[edit]- “siku”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Kapampangan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]síku
Derived terms
[edit]Kavalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku
Limos Kalinga
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayic *siku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux (“elbow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]siku (Jawi spelling سيکو, plural siku-siku or siku2)
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: siku
Further reading
[edit]- "siku" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sikux”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku
Pangutaran Sama
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]siku n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) pee (urine)
- Synonym: siusiu
- (colloquial) an act of urination
- Synonym: siusiu
Related terms
[edit]- sikać impf
See also
[edit]- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oddawać mocz
Further reading
[edit]- “siku”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “siku”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
Puyuma
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku
Quechua
[edit]Noun
[edit]siku
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | siku | sikukuna |
| accusative | sikuta | sikukunata |
| dative | sikuman | sikukunaman |
| genitive | sikup | sikukunap |
| locative | sikupi | sikukunapi |
| terminative | sikukama | sikukunakama |
| ablative | sikumanta | sikukunamanta |
| instrumental | sikuwan | sikukunawan |
| comitative | sikuntin | sikukunantin |
| abessive | sikunnaq | sikukunannaq |
| comparative | sikuhina | sikukunahina |
| causative | sikurayku | sikukunarayku |
| benefactive | sikupaq | sikukunapaq |
| associative | sikupura | sikukunapura |
| distributive | sikunka | sikukunanka |
| exclusive | sikulla | sikukunalla |
See also
[edit]Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìtíkʊ̀.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]siku class IX (plural siku class X)
- day, nycthemeron, a twenty-four-hour period beginning and ending at sunrise (6.00AM)
Related terms
[edit]- usiku (“night”)
Tausug
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]siku (Sulat Sūg spelling سِكُ)
Yakan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]siku
Yogad
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.
Noun
[edit]sikú
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Musical instruments
- Basque terms borrowed from Latin
- Basque terms derived from Latin
- Basque terms with audio pronunciation
- Basque lemmas
- Basque adjectives
- Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Inuit
- Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Inuit
- Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Eskimo
- Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greenlandic lemmas
- Greenlandic nouns
- Greenlandic terms with quotations
- kl:Foods
- kl:Ice
- kl:Water
- Higaonon terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Higaonon terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Higaonon lemmas
- Higaonon nouns
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/iku
- Rhymes:Indonesian/iku/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Anatomy
- id:Geometry
- Indonesian short forms
- id:Carpentry tools
- id:Road transport
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Lampung Api
- Indonesian terms derived from Lampung Api
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Abung
- Indonesian terms derived from Abung
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Japanese
- Indonesian unadapted borrowings from Japanese
- Indonesian terms derived from Japanese
- Indonesian terms with historical senses
- Indonesian terms with usage examples
- Kapampangan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Kapampangan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Kapampangan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Kapampangan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Kapampangan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kapampangan lemmas
- Kapampangan nouns
- pam:Anatomy
- Kavalan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Kavalan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Kavalan lemmas
- Kavalan nouns
- ckv:Anatomy
- Limos Kalinga terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Limos Kalinga terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Limos Kalinga lemmas
- Limos Kalinga nouns
- kmk:Anatomy
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/u
- Rhymes:Malay/u/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Anatomy
- Old Javanese terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Old Javanese terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Old Javanese lemmas
- Old Javanese nouns
- Pangutaran Sama terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Pangutaran Sama terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Pangutaran Sama lemmas
- Pangutaran Sama nouns
- slm:Anatomy
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/iku
- Rhymes:Polish/iku/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- Polish colloquialisms
- pl:Bodily fluids
- Puyuma terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Puyuma terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Puyuma lemmas
- Puyuma nouns
- pyu:Anatomy
- Quechua lemmas
- Quechua nouns
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- sw:Time
- Tausug terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Tausug terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Tausug 2-syllable words
- Tausug terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tausug/u
- Rhymes:Tausug/u/2 syllables
- Tausug lemmas
- Tausug nouns
- Tausug terms with Sulat Sūg script
- tsg:Anatomy
- Yakan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Yakan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Yakan lemmas
- Yakan nouns
- yka:Anatomy
- Yogad terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Yogad terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Yogad lemmas
- Yogad nouns
- yog:Anatomy
