hiki

From Japanese [Term?].

hiki (plural hiki)

1. (historical) A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
   • 1987, Jerrold M. Packard, Sons of Heaven: A Portrait of the Japanese Monarchy, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, page 143:

     After enough money was at last found, the imperial family was so happy that in appreciation the shogunal official responsible for the release of the burial money—one thousand hiki (about $5,000)—was granted the coveted right to personally display the imperial crest of chrysanthemum and paulownia.

   • 1991, Jin’ichi Konishi; Aileen Gatten and Mark Harbison, transl.; Earl Miner, editor, A History of Japanese Literature, volume 3 (The High Middle Ages), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 453:

     Sogi once donated one thousand hiki in cash (based on rice prices in 1984, some five thousand dollars) to the court for repairs to the Library of Official Documents (Kammu Bunko).

   • 2002, Sōchō, H. Mack Horton, transl., The Journal of Sōchō, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 130:

     Five hundred hiki (the cost of five kegs of sake), six loads of charcoal, two baskets of oranges, and various dried foods.

   • 2016, William J. Farge, A Christian Samurai: The Trials of Baba Bunkō, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 263:

     Nakamura was hired that day for the large sum of one thousand hiki.⁷⁹ […] 79. Traditionally, the price of one koku of rice was equivalent to one hiki of silk. In the Edo period one hiki remained more or less the equivalent of ten mon.

From hik +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: hi‧ki

hiki (present hikas, past hikis, future hikos, conditional hikus, volitive hiku)

1. to hiccup

From Proto-Finnic *hiki, of unknown further origin. Cognate with Estonian higi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhik̟i]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Syllabification^(key): hi‧ki

hiki

1. sweat, perspiration

   hiellä ja vaivalla ― by the sweat of one's brow

• hiki laiskan syödessä
• hikoilla
• hiota
• hiostaa

• khii

hiki

1. all right

hiki

1. ability

hiki

1. (stative) can, be able to

   Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi?

   Can you speak Hawaiian?

2. (intransitive) to reach, arrive

From Proto-Finnic *hiki. Cognates include Finnish hiki and Estonian higi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhiki]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhiɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: hi‧ki

hiki

1. sweat

• → Votic: hiki

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 61

hiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひき

hiki

1. to carry (in the arms)

hiki

1. Ki class inflected form of hii.

Borrowed from Ingrian hiki.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhiki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: hi‧ki

hiki

1. sweat

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “hiki”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn