See also: -hiki

English

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Etymology

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From Japanese (hiki).

Noun

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hiki (plural hiki)

  1. (historical) A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
    • 1987, Jerrold M. Packard, Sons of Heaven: A Portrait of the Japanese Monarchy, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, page 143:
      After enough money was at last found, the imperial family was so happy that in appreciation the shogunal official responsible for the release of the burial money—one thousand hiki (about $5,000)—was granted the coveted right to personally display the imperial crest of chrysanthemum and paulownia.
    • 1991, Jin’ichi Konishi, translated by Aileen Gatten and Mark Harbison, edited by Earl Miner, A History of Japanese Literature, volume 3 (The High Middle Ages), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 453:
      Sogi once donated one thousand hiki in cash (based on rice prices in 1984, some five thousand dollars) to the court for repairs to the Library of Official Documents (Kammu Bunko).
    • 2002, Sōchō, translated by H. Mack Horton, The Journal of Sōchō, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 130:
      Five hundred hiki (the cost of five kegs of sake), six loads of charcoal, two baskets of oranges, and various dried foods.
    • 2016, William J. Farge, A Christian Samurai: The Trials of Baba Bunkō, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 263:
      Nakamura was hired that day for the large sum of one thousand hiki.79 [] 79. Traditionally, the price of one koku of rice was equivalent to one hiki of silk. In the Edo period one hiki remained more or less the equivalent of ten mon.

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From hik +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhiki]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ki

Verb

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hiki (present hikas, past hikis, future hikos, conditional hikus, volitive hiku)

  1. to hiccup

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *hiki, of unknown further origin. Cognate with Estonian higi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhik̟i]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Hyphenation(key): hi‧ki

Noun

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hiki

  1. sweat, perspiration
    hiellä ja vaivallaby the sweat of one's brow
    Tuollaisessa helteessä tulee äkkiä hiki.
    In that kind of heat, you start to sweat very quickly.
    (literally, “...that sweat comes quickly.”)

Declension

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Inflection of hiki (Kotus type 7*D/ovi, k- gradation)
nominative hiki hiet
genitive hien hikien
partitive hikeä hikiä
illative hikeen hikiin
singular plural
nominative hiki hiet
accusative nom. hiki hiet
gen. hien
genitive hien hikien
partitive hikeä hikiä
inessive hiessä hi’issä
elative hiestä hi’istä
illative hikeen hikiin
adessive hiellä hi’illä
ablative hieltä hi’iltä
allative hielle hi’ille
essive hikenä hikinä
translative hieksi hi’iksi
abessive hiettä hi’ittä
instructive hi’in
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hiki (Kotus type 7*D/ovi, k- gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hikeni hikeni
accusative nom. hikeni hikeni
gen. hikeni
genitive hikeni hikieni
partitive hikeäni hikiäni
inessive hiessäni hi’issäni
elative hiestäni hi’istäni
illative hikeeni hikiini
adessive hielläni hi’illäni
ablative hieltäni hi’iltäni
allative hielleni hi’illeni
essive hikenäni hikinäni
translative hiekseni hi’ikseni
abessive hiettäni hi’ittäni
instructive
comitative hikineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hikesi hikesi
accusative nom. hikesi hikesi
gen. hikesi
genitive hikesi hikiesi
partitive hikeäsi hikiäsi
inessive hiessäsi hi’issäsi
elative hiestäsi hi’istäsi
illative hikeesi hikiisi
adessive hielläsi hi’illäsi
ablative hieltäsi hi’iltäsi
allative hiellesi hi’illesi
essive hikenäsi hikinäsi
translative hieksesi hi’iksesi
abessive hiettäsi hi’ittäsi
instructive
comitative hikinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hikemme hikemme
accusative nom. hikemme hikemme
gen. hikemme
genitive hikemme hikiemme
partitive hikeämme hikiämme
inessive hiessämme hi’issämme
elative hiestämme hi’istämme
illative hikeemme hikiimme
adessive hiellämme hi’illämme
ablative hieltämme hi’iltämme
allative hiellemme hi’illemme
essive hikenämme hikinämme
translative hieksemme hi’iksemme
abessive hiettämme hi’ittämme
instructive
comitative hikinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hikenne hikenne
accusative nom. hikenne hikenne
gen. hikenne
genitive hikenne hikienne
partitive hikeänne hikiänne
inessive hiessänne hi’issänne
elative hiestänne hi’istänne
illative hikeenne hikiinne
adessive hiellänne hi’illänne
ablative hieltänne hi’iltänne
allative hiellenne hi’illenne
essive hikenänne hikinänne
translative hieksenne hi’iksenne
abessive hiettänne hi’ittänne
instructive
comitative hikinenne

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compounds

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhi.ki/, [ˈhi.ti]

Interjection

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hiki

  1. all right

Noun

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hiki

  1. ability

Verb

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hiki

  1. (stative) can, be able to
    Hiki ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi?
    Can you speak Hawaiian?
  2. (intransitive) to reach, arrive

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *hiki. Cognates include Finnish hiki and Estonian higi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiki

  1. sweat

Declension

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Declension of hiki (type 5/lehti, k- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative hiki hiet
genitive hien hikkiin, hikilöin
partitive hikkiä hikijä, hikilöjä
illative hikkee hikkii, hikilöihe
inessive hies hiis, hikilöis
elative hiest hiist, hikilöist
allative hielle hiille, hikilöille
adessive hiel hiil, hikilöil
ablative hielt hiilt, hikilöilt
translative hieks hiiks, hikilöiks
essive hikennä, hikkeen hikinnä, hikilöinnä, hikkiin, hikilöin
exessive1) hikent hikint, hikilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Votic: hiki

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 61
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 36

Japanese

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Romanization

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hiki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひき

Maori

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Verb

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hiki

  1. to carry (in the arms)

Swahili

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Adjective

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hiki

  1. Ki class inflected form of hii.

Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingrian hiki.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiki

  1. sweat

Inflection

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Declension of hiki (type VII/nimi, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative hiki higõd
genitive higõ hikijõ, hikii
partitive hikkia hikiitõ, hikii
illative hikkõsõ, hikkõ hikiisõ
inessive higõz hikiiz
elative higõssõ hikiissõ
allative higõlõ hikiilõ
adessive higõllõ hikiillõ
ablative higõltõ hikiiltõ
translative higõssi hikiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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