# alika
## Digo
### Verb

alika
* to invite

### References

* Joseph Mwalonya, Alison Nicolle, Steve Nicolle, Juma Zimbu, Mgombato. Digo-English-Swahili Dictionary (2005), page 2

## Malagasy
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈlika/, [aˈlikʲḁ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

alika
* dog

#### Synonyms

* amboa

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Verb

-alika (infinitive kualika)
* to invite

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -alika :
| Positive present | -naalika |
| Subjunctive | -alike |
| Negative | -aliki |
| Imperative singular | alika |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kualika |
| Negative | kutoalika |
Imperatives :
| Singular | alika |
| Plural | alikeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hualika |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lialika |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kualika |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taalika |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taalika |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sialike |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngealika |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singealika |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalialika |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalialika |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mealika |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaalika |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaalika |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kialika |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoalika |
| Consecutive | kaalika / positive subject concord + -kaalika |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaalike |
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:
** Passive: -alikwa (“to be invited”)
* Nominal derivations:
** mwaliko (“invitation”)
** ualikaji (“invitation”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

-alika (infinitive kualika)
* to seclude

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -alika :
| Positive present | -naalika |
| Subjunctive | -alike |
| Negative | -aliki |
| Imperative singular | alika |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kualika |
| Negative | kutoalika |
Imperatives :
| Singular | alika |
| Plural | alikeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hualika |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lialika |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kualika |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taalika |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taalika |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sialike |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngealika |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singealika |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalialika |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalialika |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mealika |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaalika |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaalika |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kialika |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoalika |
| Consecutive | kaalika / positive subject concord + -kaalika |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaalike |
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

* Nominal derivations:
** ualikaji (“secluding”)

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Verb

-alika (infinitive kualika)
* to crack (to make a cracking sound)

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -alika :
| Positive present | -naalika |
| Subjunctive | -alike |
| Negative | -aliki |
| Imperative singular | alika |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kualika |
| Negative | kutoalika |
Imperatives :
| Singular | alika |
| Plural | alikeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hualika |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lialika |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kualika |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taalika |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taalika |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sialike |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngealika |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singealika |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalialika |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalialika |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mealika |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaalika |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaalika |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kialika |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoalika |
| Consecutive | kaalika / positive subject concord + -kaalika |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaalike |
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

* Nominal derivations:
** ualikaji (“cracking”)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Low German aleke, alleke, further origin disputed. Cognate of Danish allike.

### Pronunciation

* (Scania) IPA: [aʊlika]

### Noun

alika c
* (Scania, Halland, Blekinge) jackdaw, Corvus monedula
    Synonym: kaja

#### Derived terms

* full som en alika

### References

* alika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* alika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* alika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* alika in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)