# siku
## English
### Noun

siku (plural sikus)
* A type of traditional panpipe from the Andes.

## Basque
### Etymology

From Latin siccus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

siku
* dry

## Greenlandic
### Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”).

### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /siku/, [sɪ.kʊ]

### Noun

siku (plural sikut)
* ice (on water)
** 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on winter's firm ice [on the water] ?
* ice-cream, ice lolly

#### Usage notes

For ice on solid objects, use sermeq.

#### Declension
## Higaonon
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siku
* elbow

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsi.ku]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

#### Noun

siku (plural siku-siku)
* (anatomy) elbow
    Synonym: sikut

##### Derived terms

* bersiku
* disiku
* disikukan
* menyiku
* menyikukan
* siku-siku
* siku keluang

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 市區(しく) (shiku, “municipal district, urban subdistrict”). Romanised according modified Kunrei-shiki romanization.

#### Noun

siku (plural siku-siku)
* (historical, 1942-1945) Synonym of kelurahan (“subdistrict”)
    Gambir siku ― Gambir subdistrict

### Further reading

* “siku” 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.

## Kapampangan
### Alternative forms

* sicu (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiku/ [ˈsiː.xu]
* Hyphenation: si‧ku

### Noun

síku
* (anatomy) elbow

#### Derived terms

* manyiku
* sikuan

## Kavalan
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siku
* (anatomy) elbow

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siku
* (anatomy) elbow

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *siku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux (“elbow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siku/
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -u

### Noun

siku (Jawi spelling سيکو, plural siku-siku, informal 1st possessive sikuku, 2nd possessive sikumu, 3rd possessive sikunya)
* (anatomy) elbow

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: siku

### Further reading

* “siku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siku
* elbow

## Pangutaran Sama
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siku
* (anatomy) elbow

## Polish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕi.ku/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iku
* Syllabification: si‧ku

### Noun

siku n (indeclinable)
* (colloquial) pee (urine)
    Synonym: siusiu
* (colloquial) an act of urination
    Synonym: siusiu

#### Related terms

* sikacz
* sikalnia
* sikanie
* sikawka
* siki
* siklawa
* sikać impf

#### See also

* Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oddawać mocz

### Further reading

* siku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* siku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Puyuma
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siku
* (anatomy) elbow

## Quechua
### Noun

siku
* cane, straw
* panpipes, pan flute

#### See also

* sikuwa

## Swahili
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

siku class IX (plural siku class X)
* day, nycthemeron, a twenty-four-hour period beginning and ending at sunrise (6.00AM)

#### Related terms

* usiku (“night”)

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /siku/ [sɪˈk̠u]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: si‧ku

### Noun

siku (Sulat Sūg spelling سِكُ)
* (anatomy) elbow

## Yakan
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

siku
* (anatomy) elbow

## Yogad
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

### Noun

sikú
* (anatomy) elbow