dika
See also: dīķa
English
Etymology
Native West African name.
Noun
dika (countable and uncountable, plural dikas)
- (countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
- (uncountable) A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
Derived terms
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): [ˈdika]
- Rhymes: -ika
- Hyphenation: di‧ka
Antonyms
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.ka/
Antonyms
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ka/
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǐːka/
- Hyphenation: di‧ka
Declension
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǐka/
- Hyphenation: di‧ka
Declension
Etymology 3
From a Bantu language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dîka/
- Hyphenation: di‧ka
Noun
dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)
- dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
Declension
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