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Webster 1913 Edition


Dika


Di′ka

,
Noun.
[Native West African name.]
A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the
Irvingia Barteri
, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; – called also
dika bread
.

Definition 2024


dika

dika

See also: dīķa

English

Noun

dika (uncountable)

  1. A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia barteri.

Esperanto

Etymology

From German dick

Adjective

dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)

  1. thick
    La pordo estis dika.
    The door was thick.

Antonyms


Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.ka/

Adjective

dika

  1. thick

Antonyms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Perhaps Latin (bene)dictiō (blessing), from the language of Church liturgy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐːka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

díka f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ка)

  1. pride
  2. fame, glory, honor
  3. (obsolete) darling
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dìka f (Cyrillic spelling дѝка)

  1. Alternative form of dìkka
Declension

Etymology 3

From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîka/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ka

Noun

dȉka f (Cyrillic spelling ди̏ка)

  1. dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia barteri)
Declension

References

  • dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • dika” in Hrvatski jezični portal