nikka
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nikkah
=== Etymology ===
Modification of nigger or nigga.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnɪkə/
Rhymes: -ɪkə
Homophones: knicker, nicker (non-rhotic)
=== Noun ===
nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)
(slang) A bowdlerization of nigga used as a reclaimed sense of nigger.
2004, Arar Han, John Y. Hsu, Asian American X
Then there's the wigga (wannabe nigga, to fit everyone), who will probably have all that AzN PrldE junk, yet call everyone "nigga" or "nikka" trying to be black.
== Faroese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Danish nikke, from Middle Low German nicken.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnɪʰkːa/
Rhymes: -ɪʰkːa
Homophone: nikkað
=== Verb ===
nikka (third person singular past indicative nikkaði, third person plural past indicative nikkaðu, supine nikkað)
nod
bow
==== Conjugation ====
==== Synonyms ====
(bow): bukka, níga
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *nikka, of onomatopoeic origin.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnikːɑ/, [ˈnikːɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ikːɑ
Syllabification(key): nik‧ka
Hyphenation(key): nik‧ka
=== Noun ===
nikka
synonym of hikka (“hiccups”)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
nikottaa
=== Anagrams ===
-kkain, kakin, kanki, kikan, nakki
== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Danish nikke.
==== Verb ====
nikka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nikkaði, supine nikkað)
to make a slight movement with the head to greet someone or to point to something
to nod
Synonym: kinka kolli
(soccer) to head, to strike a soccer ball with the head
Hann sendi áfram á Steingrím Jóhannesson sem nikkaði boltanum með kollinum framhjá varnarmanni Fylkis[1] ― He passed to Steingrímur Jóhannesson who headed the ball past the Fylkir defender.
===== Conjugation =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Clipping of harmónikka.
==== Noun ====
nikka f (genitive singular nikku, nominative plural nikkur)
accordion
===== Declension =====
==== References ====
Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “nikka”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “nikka”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
“nikka” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
nikka
Rōmaji transcription of にっか
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nikket
=== Verb ===
nikka
inflection of nikke:
simple past
past participle
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nikke
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Low German nicken.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /²nɪkːɑ/
=== Verb ===
nikka (present tense nikkar, past tense nikka, past participle nikka, passive infinitive nikkast, present participle nikkande, imperative nikka/nikk)
to nod (bow one's head)
(soccer) to head (to play the ball with one's head)
=== References ===
“nikka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.