snik

• IPA^(key): /snək/

From Dutch snikken, from Middle Dutch snicken (“to sob; gasp for breath”).

snik (present snik, present participle snikkende, past participle gesnik)

1. (intransitive) to sob

From Dutch snik, from Middle Dutch snic. Equivalent to a deverbal from etymology 1.

snik (plural snikke)

1. A sob, a weep with a convulsive gasp.

• IPA^(key): /snɪk/

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• Hyphenation: snik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

From Middle Dutch snic. Equivalent to a deverbal from snikken.

snik m (plural snikken, diminutive snikje n)

1. A sob, a weep with a convulsive gasp.

• Afrikaans: snik
• → Papiamentu: snek

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

snik

1. first-person singular present indicative of snikken
2. imperative of snikken

• niks, skin

snik

1. imperative of snike