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3-letter words (2 found)

KIT,TIK,

2-letter words (3 found)

IT,KI,TI,

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Definitions and meaning of tik

tik

Etymology

Early 21st century, perhaps imitative of the popping sounds made by meth being lit and smoked.

Noun

tik (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa, slang) crystal meth or speed.

References

Anagrams

  • ITK, KIT, Kit, ikt, kit

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tək/

Etymology 1

From Dutch tikken.

Verb

tik (present tik, present participle tikkende, past participle getik)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to tap
  2. (transitive) to type
  3. (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to use crystal meth
    Synonym: tjoef

Etymology 2

From Dutch tik.

Noun

tik (plural tikke)

  1. tap
  2. (Cape Afrikaans, uncountable) crystal meth
    Synonym: tjoef
Derived terms

Choctaw

Noun

tīk (inalienable)

  1. female
  2. sister (of a man)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɪk]

Noun

tik m inan

  1. a tick, a twitch

Declension

Dinka

Noun

tik (plural diäär or dior)

  1. woman
  2. wife

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[3], 2005

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪk/
  • Hyphenation: tik
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From tikken.

Noun

tik m (plural tikken, diminutive tikje n)

  1. tick (a kind of sound)
  2. tap
  3. slap
  4. little bit (In: "een tikje meer")
Derived terms
  • schoudertik
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: tik
  • → Papiamentu: tiki (from the diminutive)
  • Indonesian: tik

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tik

  1. inflection of tikken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

  • kit

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tik

  1. louse

Hausa

Alternative forms

  • bîf, tîm

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tîk/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̂k]

Ideophone

tîk

  1. something heavy falling

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtik]
  • Hyphenation: tik
  • Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

Noun

tik (plural tikok)

  2. (dialectal) Alternative form of tyúk (“hen”).
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tik

  2. (personal, folksy) Alternative form of ti (“you, plural”).
Declension

Further reading

  • (folksy alternative form of tyúk (“hen”)): tik , redirecting to tyúk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (folksy alternative form of ti (“you all”)): tik , redirecting to (1): ti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • ketik (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Dutch tik, tikken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɪk̚]
  • Hyphenation: tik

Noun

tik (first-person possessive tikku, second-person possessive tikmu, third-person possessive tiknya)

  1. typewriter (a device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Adverb

tik

  1. so
    tik daudz ― so many

Particle

tik

  1. not so... as

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Traditionally considered a shortening of tíek (“so much”) or tiektaĩ (“not only”), though the phonological processes involved are unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲɪk]

Adverb

tik (not comparable)

  1. just, only (nothing more than; nothing else other than)
    Synonyms: vien, tiktai
    Kàs bùs toliaũ, gãlima tìk spėlióti. ― We can only speculate as to what will come next.
    Jìs tìk bė̃go ir̃ bė̃go. ― He just ran and ran.
  2. only just, barely, hardly
    Synonyms: bemaž, vos
    Rãdo jį̃ tik gývą, tik nenùmirė. ― We found him barely alive, he almost died.

Conjunction

tik

  1. but, yet, just (introduces a concession)
    Synonyms: bet, tačiau
    Labaĩ nóriu, tìk pinigų̃ neturiù. ― I'd love to, just I don't have the money.

Particle

tik

  1. (in conjunction with question words) -ever, no matter …
    Synonyms: bebūtų, bet
    Kõ tìk ìmasi, tàs sẽkasi. ― He succeeds at whatever he puts his hand to.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Of imitative origin.

Interjection

tìk

  1. Noise made to call chickens
    Synonym: cik
  2. tick (sound of a clock ticking)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tìk

  1. second-person singular imperative of tikti

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tík.

Noun

tik f or m (definite singular tika or tiken, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)

  1. a female canine
  2. a ewe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tík.

Noun

tik f (definite singular tika, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)

  1. a female canine
  2. a ewe

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tik/
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: tik

Noun

tik m inan

  1. (medicine) tic (local and habitual convulsive motion)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian tìk, Latvian tik, however Old Prussian ter (“only”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

tik

  1. only, just

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare English tyke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

tik c

  1. a bitch (female canine)
    Synonym: hynda

Declension

Tatar

Adjective

tik

  1. only, solitary

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish تیك (tik), from French tic.

Noun

tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)

  1. tic (movement)
  2. tic (mannerism)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish تیك (tik), from English teak.

Noun

tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)

  1. teak [from 19th c.]

Etymology 3

From English tick.

Noun

tik (definite accusative tiği, plural tikler)

  1. tick (check mark) [from 2002]

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “tik”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tik1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tik2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tik3”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka.

Noun

tik

  1. woodpecker

Declension

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English think.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tik/

Noun

tik (nominative plural tiks)

  1. thought (object or instance of thinking)

Declension

Derived terms


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