-ika

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ ɪka] Rhymes: -ɪka === Suffix === -ika f (noun-forming suffix) forms nouns denoting a branch of science or study; -ics Synonym: -ie ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === -ika in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017 == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ikɒ] === Etymology 1 === From -i (diminutive suffix) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix). ==== Suffix ==== -ika (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun to express smallness, youth, or endearment. ‎láda (“box”) + ‎-ika → ‎ládika (“small box”) ===== Usage notes ===== (diminutive suffix) Variants: -ika is added to back-vowel words -ike is added to front-vowel words ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== -ka -cska Appendix:Hungarian suffixes === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ika A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns. In this role, it is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix. logika (“logic”) ===== Derived terms ===== === References === == Ladino == === Suffix === -ika feminine of -iko == Polish == === Alternative forms === -yka === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -ική (-ikḗ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.ka/ Rhymes: -ika Syllabification: -i‧ka === Suffix === -ika f -ics, typically causing antepenultimate stress, or pentulimate stress colloquially ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ika”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-ika/ Does not take stress. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable of the derived word, and the stressed syllable is always short with rising tone. === Suffix === -ika (Cyrillic spelling -ика) Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a plant. ==== Derived terms ==== == Swahili == === Alternative forms === -lika/-leka -ka === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-ɪka. === Suffix === -ika (mid vowel harmony variant -eka) stative suffix (after a verb) -able ‎-nywa (“to drink”) + ‎-eka → ‎-nyweka (“to be drinkable”) (after a verb) to have undergone the action ‎-maliza (“to finish”) + ‎-ika → ‎-malizika (“to be finished”) ‎-haribu (“to damage”) + ‎-ika → ‎-haribika (“to be damaged”) (after an adjective or noun) to be or have a characteristic of ‎imara (“strong”) + ‎-ika → ‎-imarika (“to be strong”) ==== Usage notes ==== This suffix is often similar in meaning to the passive suffix -wa, but it differs in that it cannot take an agent: Kiti kimevunjwa na mtoto. ― The chair has been broken by the child. Kiti kimevunjika. ― The chair is broken. ==== Derived terms ==== Swahili stative verbs