# nikka
## English
### Alternative forms

* nikkah

### Etymology

Modification of nigger or nigga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɪkə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪkə
* Homophones: knicker, nicker (non-rhotic)

### Noun

nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)
* (slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger.
** 2004, Arar Han, John Y. Hsu, Asian American X
    Then there's the wigga (wannabe nigga, to fit everyone), who will probably have all that AzN PrldE junk, yet call everyone "nigga" or "nikka" trying to be black.
    What's crackin' my nikka?

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Danish nikke, from Middle Low German nicken.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɪʰkːa/
* Rhymes: -ɪʰkːa
* Homophone: nikkað

### Verb

nikka (third person singular past indicative nikkaði, third person plural past indicative nikkaðu, supine nikkað)
* nod
* bow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

#### Synonyms

* (bow): bukka, níga

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nikka, of onomatopoeic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnikːɑ/, [ˈnikːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ikːɑ
* Hyphenation: nik‧ka

### Noun

nikka
* Synonym of hikka (“hiccups”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nikka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nikkani
nikkani
accusative
nom.
nikkani
nikkani
gen.
nikkani
genitive
nikkani
nikkojeni nikkaini $^{rare}$
partitive
nikkaani
nikkojani
inessive
nikassani
nikoissani
elative
nikastani
nikoistani
illative
nikkaani
nikkoihini
adessive
nikallani
nikoillani
ablative
nikaltani
nikoiltani
allative
nikalleni
nikoilleni
essive
nikkanani
nikkoinani
translative
nikakseni
nikoikseni
abessive
nikattani
nikoittani
instructive
comitative
—nikkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nikkasi
nikkasi
accusative
nom.
nikkasi
nikkasi
gen.
nikkasi
genitive
nikkasi
nikkojesi nikkaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
nikkaasi
nikkojasi
inessive
nikassasi
nikoissasi
elative
nikastasi
nikoistasi
illative
nikkaasi
nikkoihisi
adessive
nikallasi
nikoillasi
ablative
nikaltasi
nikoiltasi
allative
nikallesi
nikoillesi
essive
nikkanasi
nikkoinasi
translative
nikaksesi
nikoiksesi
abessive
nikattasi
nikoittasi
instructive
comitative
—nikkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nikkamme
nikkamme
accusative
nom.
nikkamme
nikkamme
gen.
nikkamme
genitive
nikkamme
nikkojemme nikkaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
nikkaamme
nikkojamme
inessive
nikassamme
nikoissamme
elative
nikastamme
nikoistamme
illative
nikkaamme
nikkoihimme
adessive
nikallamme
nikoillamme
ablative
nikaltamme
nikoiltamme
allative
nikallemme
nikoillemme
essive
nikkanamme
nikkoinamme
translative
nikaksemme
nikoiksemme
abessive
nikattamme
nikoittamme
instructive
comitative
—nikkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nikkanne
nikkanne
accusative
nom.
nikkanne
nikkanne
gen.
nikkanne
genitive
nikkanne
nikkojenne nikkainne $^{rare}$
partitive
nikkaanne
nikkojanne
inessive
nikassanne
nikoissanne
elative
nikastanne
nikoistanne
illative
nikkaanne
nikkoihinne
adessive
nikallanne
nikoillanne
ablative
nikaltanne
nikoiltanne
allative
nikallenne
nikoillenne
essive
nikkananne
nikkoinanne
translative
nikaksenne
nikoiksenne
abessive
nikattanne
nikoittanne
instructive
comitative
—nikkoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nikkansa
nikkansa
accusative
nom.
nikkansa
nikkansa
gen.
nikkansa
genitive
nikkansa
nikkojensa nikkainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
nikkaansa
nikkojaan nikkojansa
inessive
nikassaan nikassansa
nikoissaan nikoissansa
elative
nikastaan nikastansa
nikoistaan nikoistansa
illative
nikkaansa
nikkoihinsa
adessive
nikallaan nikallansa
nikoillaan nikoillansa
ablative
nikaltaan nikaltansa
nikoiltaan nikoiltansa
allative
nikalleen nikallensa
nikoilleen nikoillensa
essive
nikkanaan nikkanansa
nikkoinaan nikkoinansa
translative
nikakseen nikaksensa
nikoikseen nikoiksensa
abessive
nikattaan nikattansa
nikoittaan nikoittansa
instructive
comitative
—nikkoineen nikkoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* nikottaa

### Anagrams

* -kkain, kakin, kanki, kikan, nakki

## Icelandic
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish nikke.

#### Verb

nikka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nikkaði, supine nikkað)
* to make a slight movement with the head to greet someone or to point to something
* to nod
    Synonym: kinka kolli
* (soccer) to head, to strike a soccer ball with the head
    Hann sendi áfram á Steingrím Jóhannesson sem nikkaði boltanum með kollinum framhjá varnarmanni Fylkis ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Clipping of harmónikka.

#### Noun

nikka f (genitive singular nikku, nominative plural nikkur)
* accordion

##### Declension
## Japanese
### Romanization

nikka
* Rōmaji transcription of にっか

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* nikket

### Verb

nikka
* inflection of nikke:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* nikke

### Etymology

From Middle Low German nicken.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²nɪkːɑ/

### Verb

nikka (present tense nikkar, past tense nikka, past participle nikka, passive infinitive nikkast, present participle nikkande, imperative nikka/nikk)
* to nod (bow one's head)
* (soccer) to head (to play the ball with one's head)

### References

* “nikka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.