# ika
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔiˈka/ [ʔiˈka]
* Hyphenation: i‧ka

### Pronoun

iká (Basahan spelling ᜁᜃ)
* you (exclusive singular)

#### See also
## Busang Kayan
### Pronoun

ika
* you (second-person singular)

### Further reading

* Antonio J. Guerreiro, A Note on Pronouns in the Long Galat and Busang Languages, Borneo Research Bulletin 15:2 (1983)

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Conjunction

ika
* with

## Chuukese
### Conjunction

ika
* if
* or

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

### Noun

ika
* fish (vertebrate animal)

## Iban
### Pronunciation

IPA: /i.kaʔ/

### Noun

ika
* sister-in-law; brother-in-law

## Japanese
### Romanization

ika
* Rōmaji transcription of いか
* Rōmaji transcription of イカ

## Javanese
### Alternative forms

* kaé, ka (clipping)

### Determiner

ika
* (dialectal) yonder

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-kahu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈikə/ [ˈiː.xə]
* Hyphenation: i‧ka

### Pronoun

íka
* you (exclusive singular)

### See also
## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan (compare Malay ikan).

#### Noun

ika
* fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales
    Kātahi anō te ika ka kai ki tana matau.Then the fish began to bite at his hook.
    Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate.When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.
* slain warrior, victim
* (figurative) prized possession

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ika
* cluster, band, troop, group, company, heap

### References

* “ika” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Niuatoputapu
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

### Noun

ika
* fish (vertebrate animal)

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Maori ika.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.ka/
* Hyphenation: i‧ka

### Noun

ika
* fish
* war casualty

#### Derived terms

* kōhau ika
* pātia ika

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 30
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 132

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: i‧ka

#### Noun

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)
* slight limp while walking
    Synonyms: ikod, tikod

##### Derived terms

* iika-ika
* pag-ika
* umika

### Etymology 2

Apheresis of wika.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔikaʔ/ [ˈʔiː.xɐʔ], /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
* Rhymes: -ikaʔ, -aʔ
* Syllabification: i‧ka

#### Adjective

ikà or ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)
* Alternative form of 'ika

##### Derived terms

* ika nga
* ikako
* ikamo

##### See also

* daw

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɪˈxaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: i‧ka

#### Particle

ikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ)
* (Bataan) added to sentences as a filler

### Further reading

* “ika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From Malay ikat.

### Verb

ika
* to bind

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Samoan i'a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈi.ka]
* Hyphenation: i‧ka

### Noun

ika
* fish
* coconut crab
* turtle
* rear end of a canoe

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 28

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.ka/

### Noun

ika
* fish (vertebrate animal)

## Tuvaluan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ika.

### Noun

ika
* fish

## Unami
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪka]

### Adverb

ika
* there

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Conjunction

ika
* else, otherwise
* or, or else

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “а, иначе, то”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## West Albay Bikol
### Pronoun

ika
* (exclusive, singular) you

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Doublet of ẹ̀ka

#### Alternative forms

* ùka, ụ̀ka

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.kā/

#### Noun

ìka
* finger, toe
    Synonyms: ọmọwọ́, ọ̀kị̀ka, ọmọ-ìka

##### Derived terms

* tọ́ka (“to point”)
* tàka (“to snap”)
* ìka ẹsẹ̀ (“toe”)
* ìka ìfábẹ̀lá (“index finger”)
* ìkasẹ̀ (“toe”)
* ìkawọ́ (“finger”)
* òrùka (“ring”)

##### Related terms

* àtàǹpàkò (“thumb”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.kà/

#### Noun

ìkà
* wicked (person); evil (person)
    Synonym: (Èkìtì) idà
    Antonym: ibi
    Ìkà ni wọ́n ― They are wicked