# pika
## English
### Alternative forms

* pica (archaic)

### Etymology

From French, from an Evenki word which Peter Simon Pallas transcribes as piika or peeka, but which cannot be found in modern dictionaries.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpiːkə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpaɪkə/
* Rhymes: -aɪkə

### Noun

pika (plural pikas)
* Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

#### Derived terms

* black-lipped pika
* plateau pika
* Sardinian pika

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Paik, Paki, kipa, paki

## Albanian
### Noun

pika
* inflection of pikë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Basque
### Etymology

From Latin pica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pika/ [pi.ka]
* Rhymes: -ika, -a
* Hyphenation: pi‧ka

### Noun

pika anim
* magpie

#### Alternative forms

* mika

## Breton
### Verb

pika
* prick

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɪka]
* Rhymes: -ɪka
* Hyphenation: pi‧ka

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

pika f
* Obsolete form of píka (“pike”).
** 1873 September 2, “Nauka o zbrani”, in Vlasť, volume III, number 35, page 1:Ratiště pik nesmí míti suků, musí býti ohebné a bez kazů.Shafts of pikes must not have knots, they must be flexible and without flaws.

##### Derived terms

* od piky
* piky

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

pika f
* American pika, Ochotona princeps (species within the family Ochotonidae)
** 2002 February 5, Ivo Budil, “Pišťuchu ohrožuje oteplování Země”, in Vesmír, number 12, page 709:Sledování života pik v posledním půlstoletí naznačuje, že je může vyhubit už nepatrné zvýšení teploty na Zemi.Research of the life of American pikas in the last half-century suggests that even a minute increase of the Earth's temperature can make them extinct.

##### Hypernyms

* (genera Vulpes and Urocyon): živočichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; čtyřnožci – superclassis; savci – class; zajícovití – order; pišťuchovití – family; pišťucha – genus

### Further reading

* “pika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈpika]
* Rhymes: -ika
* Hyphenation: pi‧ka

### Adjective

pika (accusative singular pikan, plural pikaj, accusative plural pikajn)
* (card games) of the suit of spades (♠).
    la pika aso ― the ace of spades

#### Related terms

* piko

## Estonian
### Adjective

pika
* genitive singular of pikk

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English pika; see it for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpikɑ/, [ˈpikɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ikɑ
* Hyphenation: pi‧ka

### Noun

pika
* pika
* (in the plural) the taxonomic family Ochotonidae

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pikani
pikani
accusative
nom.
pikani
pikani
gen.
pikani
genitive
pikani
pikojeni pikaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pikaani
pikojani
inessive
pikassani
pikoissani
elative
pikastani
pikoistani
illative
pikaani
pikoihini
adessive
pikallani
pikoillani
ablative
pikaltani
pikoiltani
allative
pikalleni
pikoilleni
essive
pikanani
pikoinani
translative
pikakseni
pikoikseni
abessive
pikattani
pikoittani
instructive
comitative
—pikoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pikasi
pikasi
accusative
nom.
pikasi
pikasi
gen.
pikasi
genitive
pikasi
pikojesi pikaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pikaasi
pikojasi
inessive
pikassasi
pikoissasi
elative
pikastasi
pikoistasi
illative
pikaasi
pikoihisi
adessive
pikallasi
pikoillasi
ablative
pikaltasi
pikoiltasi
allative
pikallesi
pikoillesi
essive
pikanasi
pikoinasi
translative
pikaksesi
pikoiksesi
abessive
pikattasi
pikoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pikoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pikamme
pikamme
accusative
nom.
pikamme
pikamme
gen.
pikamme
genitive
pikamme
pikojemme pikaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pikaamme
pikojamme
inessive
pikassamme
pikoissamme
elative
pikastamme
pikoistamme
illative
pikaamme
pikoihimme
adessive
pikallamme
pikoillamme
ablative
pikaltamme
pikoiltamme
allative
pikallemme
pikoillemme
essive
pikanamme
pikoinamme
translative
pikaksemme
pikoiksemme
abessive
pikattamme
pikoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pikoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pikanne
pikanne
accusative
nom.
pikanne
pikanne
gen.
pikanne
genitive
pikanne
pikojenne pikainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pikaanne
pikojanne
inessive
pikassanne
pikoissanne
elative
pikastanne
pikoistanne
illative
pikaanne
pikoihinne
adessive
pikallanne
pikoillanne
ablative
pikaltanne
pikoiltanne
allative
pikallenne
pikoillenne
essive
pikananne
pikoinanne
translative
pikaksenne
pikoiksenne
abessive
pikattanne
pikoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pikoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pikansa
pikansa
accusative
nom.
pikansa
pikansa
gen.
pikansa
genitive
pikansa
pikojensa pikainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pikaansa
pikojaan pikojansa
inessive
pikassaan pikassansa
pikoissaan pikoissansa
elative
pikastaan pikastansa
pikoistaan pikoistansa
illative
pikaansa
pikoihinsa
adessive
pikallaan pikallansa
pikoillaan pikoillansa
ablative
pikaltaan pikaltansa
pikoiltaan pikoiltansa
allative
pikalleen pikallensa
pikoilleen pikoillensa
essive
pikanaan pikanansa
pikoinaan pikoinansa
translative
pikakseen pikaksensa
pikoikseen pikoiksensa
abessive
pikattaan pikattansa
pikoittaan pikoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pikoineen pikoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* piiskujänis (dated)

#### Derived terms

* pikimmiten
* afganistaninpika
* alaskanpika
* altainpika
* amerikanpika
* aropika
* bhutaninpika
* daurianpika
* everestinpika
* gansunpika
* gaoligonginpika
* himalajanpika
* hokkaidonpika
* iraninpika
* isokorvapika
* japaninpika
* kashmirinpika
* kauluspika
* kiinanpika
* kunluninpika
* kääpiöpika
* ladakhinpika
* mongolianpika
* mulinpika
* pikkupika
* pohjanpika
* punakorvapika
* punapika
* sardinianpika
* sichuaninpika
* tienšaninpika
* tiibetinpika
* ylänköpika

#### See also

* pika- (“quick”)

### Anagrams

* kapi, kipa

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pika m (plural pikas)
* pika

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese picar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pika.

### Verb

pika
* to split
* to stab

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpikɒ]
* Hyphenation: pi‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

pika (plural pikák)
* lance

#### Derived terms

* pikás

### Further reading

* pika in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese picar.

### Verb

pika
* to chop
* to shred

## Latvian
### Noun

pika f (4th declension)
* lump
* snowball
* pat
* clod
* clump
* chunk
* cob
* clot
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* piken m

### Noun

pika f
* definite feminine singular of pike

## Pamosu
### Noun

pika
* ear

### Further reading

* Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
* Yong Lam Liaw, Pamosu Organised Phonology Data (2002)

## Pitjantjatjara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɪkɐ]

### Noun

pika
* pain

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: pi‧ka

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pique. Doublet of pik.

#### Noun

pika f
* pike (long spear)
    Synonyms: dzida, spisa

##### Related terms

* pikinier
* pikinierski

##### See also

* gizarma
* glewia
* halabarda
* kontarion
* kopia
* korseka
* lanca
* młot lucereński
* partyzana
* rohatyna
* runka
* spisa friulska
* szponton

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

pika m inan
* genitive singular of pik
* (nonstandard, colloquial) accusative singular of pik (a spade in card games)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pika
* third-person singular present of pikać

### Further reading

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

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìpɪka (“to cook, to boil”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-pika (infinitive kupika)
* to cook

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -pika :
| Positive present | -napika |
| Subjunctive | -pike |
| Negative | -piki |
| Imperative singular | pika |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kupika |
| Negative | kutopika |
Imperatives :
| Singular | pika |
| Plural | pikeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hupika |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lipika |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kupika |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tapika |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tapika |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sipike |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngepika |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singepika |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalipika |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalipika |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mepika |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshapika |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -japika |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kipika |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipopika |
| Consecutive | kapika / positive subject concord + -kapika |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kapike |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -pikia
** Causative: -pikisha
** Passive: -pikwa
** Reciprocal: -pikana
** Stative: -pikika
* Nominal derivations:
** mpishi (“cook”)
** upishi (“cooking”)

## Swedish
### Etymology

pik +‎ -a

### Verb

pika (present pikar, preterite pikade, supine pikat, imperative pika)
* to take a dig at (someone), to (subtly) jibe (someone)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

### References

* pika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Waray-Waray
### Noun

piká
* fist blow