nikka

See also: -nikka

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Modification of nigger or nigga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: knicker, nicker (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

nikka (plural nikkas or nikkaz)

  1. (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.
    What's crackin' my nikka?

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)

  1. nod
  2. bow

Conjugation
Conjugation of nikka (group v-30)
infinitive nikka
supine nikkað
participle (a6)1 nikkandi nikkaður
present past
first singular nikki nikkaði
second singular nikkar nikkaði
third singular nikkar nikkaði
plural nikka nikkaðu
imperative
singular nikka!
plural nikkið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nikka, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnikːɑ/, [ˈnikːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ikːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): nik‧ka

Noun

nikka

  1. hiccups

Declension
Inflection of nikka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative nikka nikat
genitive nikan nikkojen
partitive nikkaa nikkoja
illative nikkaan nikkoihin
singular plural
nominative nikka nikat
accusative nom. nikka nikat
gen. nikan
genitive nikan nikkojen
nikkainrare
partitive nikkaa nikkoja
inessive nikassa nikoissa
elative nikasta nikoista
illative nikkaan nikkoihin
adessive nikalla nikoilla
ablative nikalta nikoilta
allative nikalle nikoille
essive nikkana nikkoina
translative nikaksi nikoiksi
instructive — nikoin
abessive nikatta nikoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nikka (type kala)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkani nikkani
accusative nom. nikkani nikkani
gen. nikkani
genitive nikkani nikkojeni
nikkainirare
partitive nikkaani nikkojani
inessive nikassani nikoissani
elative nikastani nikoistani
illative nikkaani nikkoihini
adessive nikallani nikoillani
ablative nikaltani nikoiltani
allative nikalleni nikoilleni
essive nikkanani nikkoinani
translative nikakseni nikoikseni
instructive — —
abessive nikattani nikoittani
comitative — nikkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkasi nikkasi
accusative nom. nikkasi nikkasi
gen. nikkasi
genitive nikkasi nikkojesi
nikkaisirare
partitive nikkaasi nikkojasi
inessive nikassasi nikoissasi
elative nikastasi nikoistasi
illative nikkaasi nikkoihisi
adessive nikallasi nikoillasi
ablative nikaltasi nikoiltasi
allative nikallesi nikoillesi
essive nikkanasi nikkoinasi
translative nikaksesi nikoiksesi
instructive — —
abessive nikattasi nikoittasi
comitative — nikkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkamme nikkamme
accusative nom. nikkamme nikkamme
gen. nikkamme
genitive nikkamme nikkojemme
nikkaimmerare
partitive nikkaamme nikkojamme
inessive nikassamme nikoissamme
elative nikastamme nikoistamme
illative nikkaamme nikkoihimme
adessive nikallamme nikoillamme
ablative nikaltamme nikoiltamme
allative nikallemme nikoillemme
essive nikkanamme nikkoinamme
translative nikaksemme nikoiksemme
instructive — —
abessive nikattamme nikoittamme
comitative — nikkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkanne nikkanne
accusative nom. nikkanne nikkanne
gen. nikkanne
genitive nikkanne nikkojenne
nikkainnerare
partitive nikkaanne nikkojanne
inessive nikassanne nikoissanne
elative nikastanne nikoistanne
illative nikkaanne nikkoihinne
adessive nikallanne nikoillanne
ablative nikaltanne nikoiltanne
allative nikallenne nikoillenne
essive nikkananne nikkoinanne
translative nikaksenne nikoiksenne
instructive — —
abessive nikattanne nikoittanne
comitative — nikkoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative nikkansa nikkansa
accusative nom. nikkansa nikkansa
gen. nikkansa
genitive nikkansa nikkojensa
nikkainsarare
partitive nikkaansa nikkojaan
nikkojansa
inessive nikassaan
nikassansa		 nikoissaan
nikoissansa
elative nikastaan
nikastansa		 nikoistaan
nikoistansa
illative nikkaansa nikkoihinsa
adessive nikallaan
nikallansa		 nikoillaan
nikoillansa
ablative nikaltaan
nikaltansa		 nikoiltaan
nikoiltansa
allative nikalleen
nikallensa		 nikoilleen
nikoillensa
essive nikkanaan
nikkanansa		 nikkoinaan
nikkoinansa
translative nikakseen
nikaksensa		 nikoikseen
nikoiksensa
instructive — —
abessive nikattaan
nikattansa		 nikoittaan
nikoittansa
comitative — nikkoineen
nikkoinensa

Synonyms

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Danish nikke.

Verb

nikka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nikkaði, supine nikkað)

  1. to make a slight movement with the head to greet someone or to point to something
  2. to nod
    Synonym: kinka kolli
  3. (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 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
nikka — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að nikka
supine
(sagnbót)		 nikkað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 nikkandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég nikka við nikkum present
(nútíð)		 ég nikki við nikkum
þú nikkar þið nikkið þú nikkir þið nikkið
hann, hún, það nikkar þeir, þær, þau nikka hann, hún, það nikki þeir, þær, þau nikki
past
(þátíð)		 ég nikkaði við nikkuðum past
(þátíð)		 ég nikkaði við nikkuðum
þú nikkaðir þið nikkuðuð þú nikkaðir þið nikkuðuð
hann, hún, það nikkaði þeir, þær, þau nikkuðu hann, hún, það nikkaði þeir, þær, þau nikkuðu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 nikka (þú) nikkið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
nikkaðu nikkiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
nikkast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að nikkast
supine
(sagnbót)		 nikkast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 nikkandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég nikkast við nikkumst present
(nútíð)		 ég nikkist við nikkumst
þú nikkast þið nikkist þú nikkist þið nikkist
hann, hún, það nikkast þeir, þær, þau nikkast hann, hún, það nikkist þeir, þær, þau nikkist
past
(þátíð)		 ég nikkaðist við nikkuðumst past
(þátíð)		 ég nikkaðist við nikkuðumst
þú nikkaðist þið nikkuðust þú nikkaðist þið nikkuðust
hann, hún, það nikkaðist þeir, þær, þau nikkuðust hann, hún, það nikkaðist þeir, þær, þau nikkuðust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 nikkast (þú) nikkist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
nikkastu nikkisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
nikkaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 nikkaður nikkuð nikkað nikkaðir nikkaðar nikkuð
accusative
(þolfall)		 nikkaðan nikkaða nikkað nikkaða nikkaðar nikkuð
dative
(þágufall)		 nikkuðum nikkaðri nikkuðu nikkuðum nikkuðum nikkuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 nikkaðs nikkaðrar nikkaðs nikkaðra nikkaðra nikkaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 nikkaði nikkaða nikkaða nikkuðu nikkuðu nikkuðu
accusative
(þolfall)		 nikkaða nikkuðu nikkaða nikkuðu nikkuðu nikkuðu
dative
(þágufall)		 nikkaða nikkuðu nikkaða nikkuðu nikkuðu nikkuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 nikkaða nikkuðu nikkaða nikkuðu nikkuðu nikkuðu

Etymology 2

Clipping of harmónikka.

Noun

nikka f (genitive singular nikku, nominative plural nikkur)

  1. accordion
Declension
declension of nikka
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nikka nikkan nikkur nikkurnar
accusative nikku nikkuna nikkur nikkurnar
dative nikku nikkunni nikkum nikkunum
genitive nikku nikkunnar nikka/nikkna nikkanna/nikknanna

Japanese

Romanization

nikka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にっか

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

nikka

  1. inflection of nikke:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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)

  1. to nod (bow one's head)
  2. (in football) to head (to play the ball with one's head)

References
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