hiko

== Japanese == === Romanization === hiko Rōmaji transcription of ひこ == Māori == === Etymology 1 === Compare with Māori uira, Hawaiian uila, Tahitian uira and Tongan ʻuhila for semantic extension into "electricity". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiko/ [ˈhikɔ] === Noun === hiko flash, twinkle lightning Synonym: uira electricity Synonym: uira === Verb === hiko (of lightning, etc.) to flash Synonyms: karamu, kohiko, kohikohiko, kōwhā, kōhā, rapa, rarapa, uira === Adjective === hiko random, irregular (attributive) electric; electrical; electronic Synonym: uira === Derived terms === Of sense 'flash[ing], random or irregular' Of sense 'lightning, electricity' === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === hiko to stimulate to grab; to grasp === References === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hiko”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 59 “hiko” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Sambali == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux. === Noun === hiko (anatomy) elbow