# sika
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiːkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːkə
* Homophone: seeker (non-rhotic)

### Etymology 1

From Japanese 鹿 (shika, “deer”).

#### Noun

sika (plural sikas or sika)
* Cervus nippon, a deer found in the forests of East Asia
    Synonyms: Japanese deer, sika deer

##### Alternative forms

* Sika

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Noun

sika (plural sikas or sika)
* A traditional Bangladeshi hanging basket
** 2003, Sirajul Islam, Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh‎, volume 7, →ISBN, page 207:In the past sikas were made within the family and its purchase and sale was not so noticeable.

##### Usage notes

* Often italicized as a foreign borrowing.

### Further reading

* Sika Deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Cervus nippon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Cervus nippon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* AKIs, KIAS, KIAs, Saki, aiks, saki

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsika]
* Rhymes: -ika
* Hyphenation: si‧ka

### Adjective

sika (accusative singular sikan, plural sikaj, accusative plural sikajn)
* Sikh
** 2002 February, GMA, “Irlandaj sikoj razas sin”, in Monato, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:Tiele, la sikaj viroj malĝoje ĉesas surporti turbanon kaj unuafoje en la vivo vizitas barbirojn por fortondigi la hararon kaj barbon.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* siko

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cika. Cognate with Estonian siga, Livonian sigā, Võro tsiga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈs̠ikɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ikɑ
* Hyphenation: si‧ka

### Noun

sika
* pig, swine
* Synonym of sianliha (“pork”)
* (derogatory) pig, swine (term for a person)
    Synonym: sikailija
* (derogatory, slang) police officer

#### Declension

Possessive forms of sika (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sikani
sikani
accusative
nom.
sikani
sikani
gen.
sikani
genitive
sikani
sikojeni sikaini $^{rare}$
partitive
sikaani
sikojani
inessive
siassani
sioissani
elative
siastani
sioistani
illative
sikaani
sikoihini
adessive
siallani
sioillani
ablative
sialtani
sioiltani
allative
sialleni
sioilleni
essive
sikanani
sikoinani
translative
siakseni
sioikseni
abessive
siattani
sioittani
instructive
comitative
—sikoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sikasi
sikasi
accusative
nom.
sikasi
sikasi
gen.
sikasi
genitive
sikasi
sikojesi sikaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
sikaasi
sikojasi
inessive
siassasi
sioissasi
elative
siastasi
sioistasi
illative
sikaasi
sikoihisi
adessive
siallasi
sioillasi
ablative
sialtasi
sioiltasi
allative
siallesi
sioillesi
essive
sikanasi
sikoinasi
translative
siaksesi
sioiksesi
abessive
siattasi
sioittasi
instructive
comitative
—sikoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sikamme
sikamme
accusative
nom.
sikamme
sikamme
gen.
sikamme
genitive
sikamme
sikojemme sikaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
sikaamme
sikojamme
inessive
siassamme
sioissamme
elative
siastamme
sioistamme
illative
sikaamme
sikoihimme
adessive
siallamme
sioillamme
ablative
sialtamme
sioiltamme
allative
siallemme
sioillemme
essive
sikanamme
sikoinamme
translative
siaksemme
sioiksemme
abessive
siattamme
sioittamme
instructive
comitative
—sikoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sikanne
sikanne
accusative
nom.
sikanne
sikanne
gen.
sikanne
genitive
sikanne
sikojenne sikainne $^{rare}$
partitive
sikaanne
sikojanne
inessive
siassanne
sioissanne
elative
siastanne
sioistanne
illative
sikaanne
sikoihinne
adessive
siallanne
sioillanne
ablative
sialtanne
sioiltanne
allative
siallenne
sioillenne
essive
sikananne
sikoinanne
translative
siaksenne
sioiksenne
abessive
siattanne
sioittanne
instructive
comitative
—sikoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sikansa
sikansa
accusative
nom.
sikansa
sikansa
gen.
sikansa
genitive
sikansa
sikojensa sikainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
sikaansa
sikojaan sikojansa
inessive
siassaan siassansa
sioissaan sioissansa
elative
siastaan siastansa
sioistaan sioistansa
illative
sikaansa
sikoihinsa
adessive
siallaan siallansa
sioillaan sioillansa
ablative
sialtaan sialtansa
sioiltaan sioiltansa
allative
sialleen siallensa
sioilleen sioillensa
essive
sikanaan sikanansa
sikoinaan sikoinansa
translative
siakseen siaksensa
sioikseen sioiksensa
abessive
siattaan siattansa
sioittaan sioittansa
instructive
comitative
—sikoineen sikoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* sikailla
* sikala
* Sikala
* sikamainen
* Sikanen
* emäsika
* hirvisika
* lihasika
* maasika
* merisika
* metsäsika
* minisika
* muurahaissika
* napasika
* pahkasika
* pensselisika
* piikkisika
* pussisika
* sianharjas
* sianhoito
* sianjalostus
* siankasvattaja
* siankasvatus
* siankuonoleikko
* siankuonolepakko
* siankyljys
* siankylki
* siankärsä
* siankärsämö
* sianliha
* sianmarja
* sianmustikka
* sianpieremä
* sianpuola
* sianpuolukka
* sianruoka
* siansaksa
* siansaparo
* siansivu
* siansorkka
* siansuoli
* sikaeläin
* sikaflunssa
* sikahalpa
* sikahirvi
* sikahumala
* sikainfluenssa
* sikalauma
* sikamokka
* sikanauta
* sika-nautajauheliha
* sikapossu
* sikarotu
* sikarutto
* sikaruusu
* sikasiisti
* sikatalous
* sikatarha
* sikatila
* sikolauma
* sikolätti
* sikopaimen
* sikotarha
* sikotauti
* sovinistisika
* teurassika
* tryffelisika
* vesisika
* villisika
* yorkshiresika

### See also

* emakko
* karju
* porsas
* possu
* sika-

### Further reading

* “sika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* -ksia, aski, kasi, kisa

## Garo
### Verb

sika
* to sew

## Gun
### Etymology

Cognates include Fon síká, Saxwe Gbe sìká, Adja shika, Ewe sika. Compare Akan sika (“gold, money”), Kabiyé sika, Gur Lama sɨka, Nkonya sika (“gold, money”), Akebu sɩka-yǝ, Ifè siká, Gikyode sika (“gold, money”), Tem siká, Nawdm sìká, Hanga suga, Abidji sìká

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sí.ká/

### Noun

síká (plural síká lɛ́ or síká lẹ́)
* gold

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto seka, French sec, Italian secco, Spanish seco, ultimately from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. The initial e was changed to i so not to interfere with sekar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsika/

### Adjective

sika
* dry (not wet)
    Antonyms: aquoza, humida

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.ka/
* Hyphenation: si‧ka

#### Noun

síka (plural siksika)
* dysentery, diarrhea
    Synonym: buris

##### Derived terms

* agsika

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *si and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siˈka/

#### Pronoun

siká
* Second-person singular absolutive independent pronoun; you

##### Derived terms

* siksika

##### See also
## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cika. Cognates include Finnish sika and Estonian siga.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈs̠ikɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈʃiɡ̊ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ikɑ
* Hyphenation: si‧ka

### Noun

sika
* pig
* A certain card game, where players take turns drawing cards from the deck and try to discard them.

#### Derived terms

* heinäsika
* imikkosika
* kullisika
* metsäsika
* sianallas
* sianmarja
* sianpoola
* sianporsas
* siansorkka
* siantappajaiset
* sikain
* sikamarja
* sikamees

### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сига”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 523
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 82

## Kituba
### Noun

sika
* place, locality

## Lingala
### Adverb

sika
* now, current

#### Derived terms

* sikoyo

## Miskito
### Noun

sika
* medicine

## Northern Ndebele
### Verb

-sika$^?$
* to cut

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

sika (present tense sik or sikar or siker, past tense seik or sika or sikt, supine sike or sika or sikt, past participle siken or sika or sikt, present participle sikande, imperative sik)
* alternative form of sike

### Noun

sika
* definite singular of sik f
* definite plural of sik n

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕi.ka/
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: si‧ka

### Verb

sika
* third-person singular present of sikać

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cika. Cognate with Finnish sika, Estonian siga, Võro tsiga.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈsʲikɑ]
* Rhymes: -ikɑ
* Hyphenation: si‧ka

### Noun

sika
* pig

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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

### Verb

-síka
* (transitive) to cut

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

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

### Verb

-síka
* (transitive) to cut
* (transitive) to imitate, to mimic
    Synonym: -lingisa

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “sika”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “sika (3.9)”