# cik
## Translingual
### Symbol

cik
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chitkuli Kinnauri.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Chitkuli Kinnauri terms

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɪʔ]
* Hyphenation: cik

### Etymology 1

From Malay cik.

#### Noun

cik (first-person possessive cikku, second-person possessive cikmu, third-person possessive ciknya)
* clipping of encik
* clipping of kecik

### Etymology 2

From Minangkabau cik.

#### Noun

cik (first-person possessive cikku, second-person possessive cikmu, third-person possessive ciknya)
* dung
    Synonyms: cirit, tahi

### Etymology 3

From Dutch chic, from French chic (“elegant”), probably from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”), from Middle High German schicken (“to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately”), causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn (“to happen, rush”), from Old High German giskehan (“to happen”), from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to run, move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”).

#### Adjective

cik
* (archaic) chic, elegant
    Synonyms: bagus, rapi, menarik

### Etymology 4

From Hokkien 閃／闪 (sihⁿ, “to sway”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Interjection

cik
* shoo!

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

cik (first-person possessive cikku, second-person possessive cikmu, third-person possessive ciknya)
* 300 cekak of morphine powder

### Further reading

* “cik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latgalian
### Etymology

Akin to Latvian cik.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sʲik]
* Hyphenation: cik

### Adverb

cik
* how

### References

* Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

## Latvian
### Etymology

Akin to Latgalian cik and Lithuanian kiek.
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### Adverb

cik
* how
* how much
* how many

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Etymology 1)
** IPA: [t͡ʃiʔ]
** Rhymes: -ik
* (Etymology 2)
** IPA: [t͡ʃeʔ]
** Rhymes: -ek
* Hyphenation: cik

### Etymology 1

Ellipsis of bapa cik or pak cik.

#### Noun

cik (Jawi spelling چيق)
* Alternative form of pak cik.

### Etymology 2

Clipping of encik.

#### Noun

cik (Jawi spelling چيق)
* A form of address to an unfamiliar man or woman.
* A form of address to a woman who has not married.

### Further reading

* “cik” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Tatar
### Adjective

cik
* bad, evil

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ɕik˥/
* Tone numbers: cik$^7$
* Hyphenation: cik

### Etymology 1

From Chinese 尺 (MC tsyhek).

#### Noun

cik (Sawndip forms 𰍵 or 𰒷 or 𠲔, 1957–1982 spelling cik)
* measuring stick; ruler

#### Classifier

cik (Sawndip forms 𰍵 or 𰒷 or 𠲔, 1957–1982 spelling cik)
* chi; Chinese foot (equivalent to $^1$/$_3$ meter)

### Etymology 2

From Chinese 隻 (MC tsyek).

#### Classifier

cik (Sawndip forms 𰍵 or 𰒷 or 𠲔, 1957–1982 spelling cik)
* Classifier for one of a pair.