ike

See also: -ike, Ike, and ʻike

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *iges, from Proto-Slavic *jьgo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *juga-, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Noun

ike (genitive ikke, partitive iket)

1. yoke

Declension

Declension of ike (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ike	ikked
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ikke
genitive			ikete
partitive		iket	ikkeid
illative		ikkesse	iketesse ikkeisse
inessive		ikkes	iketes ikkeis
elative		ikkest	iketest ikkeist
allative		ikkele	iketele ikkeile
adessive		ikkel	iketel ikkeil
ablative		ikkelt	iketelt ikkeilt
translative		ikkeks	iketeks ikkeiks
terminative		ikkeni	iketeni
essive		ikkena	iketena
abessive		ikketa	iketeta
comitative		ikkega	iketega

Further reading

• ike in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “ike”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Guaraní

Verb

ike

1. enter

Japanese

Romanization

ike

1. Rōmaji transcription of いけ

Lindu

Noun

ike

1. weaving device
2. tool for beating cloth

Middle English

Pronoun

ike

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of I (“I”)

Tatar

Numeral

Tatar cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : ike     Ordinal : ikençe

ike (Cyrillic spelling ике)

1. two

Yoruba

Ike (sense 1)

Ike (sense 2)

Ike méjì (sense 3)

Ẹ̀gbà ọwọ́ tí wọ́n fi ike ṣe (sense 7)

Etymology 1

Originally referring to elephant ivory, attested as celluloid in R.C. Abraham's 1958 dictionary, the semantic change was likely influenced by the production of celluloid, which was often made to resemble ivory.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.kē/

Noun

ike

1. (now archaic, historical) ivory

   Synonym: eyín erin

2. plastic, bioplastic, plasticine
3. plastic container
4. credit card, ATM card
5. (slang) counterfeit, fake good

   Synonyms: páńda, (slang) ẹbu

   Báàgì tó o rà yìí, ike ni ― This bag you bought is fake

6. (obsolete) celluloid

Derived terms

• a bọ́ ike lọ́wọ́ ọ̀tún, àfi bọ́ ọwọ́ òsì; lọ́wọ́ lọ́wọ́ nike wà
• erin wó wọ́n fìwo rẹ̀ gbẹ́ ike; ẹfọ̀n wó wọ́n fìwo rẹ̀ tẹ poolo; àgbáǹréré wó wọ́n fìwo rẹ̀ kùn lósùn rúbú-rúbú
• ike ìdọ̀tí
• ilé-iṣẹ́ ìṣe-ike-jáde
• oníke

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.kē/

Noun

ike

1. a tool, often plastic, used in pottery

   Synonyms: irinṣẹ́ amọ̀kòkò, amọ̀

Etymology 3

Ràkunmí pẹ̀lú iké kan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.ké/

Noun

iké

1. hump, hunchback

Derived terms

• abuké
• aṣuké

 

Etymology 4

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ké (“to shout, to cry out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.ké/

Noun

ìké

1. shout, shouting, cry, crying

   Synonyms: ìkígbe, igbe, ìpariwo