different between dika vs duka

English

Etymology

Native West African name.

Noun

dika (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• kadi, kaid

Esperanto

Etymology

From German dick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dika/
• Hyphenation: di?ka
• Rhymes: -ika

Adjective

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

1. thick

2. fat

Antonyms

• maldika

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di.ka/

Adjective

dika

1. thick

Antonyms

• dina

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Perhaps Latin (bene)dicti? (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ka/
• Hyphenation: di?ka

Noun

díka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

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

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ka/
• Hyphenation: di?ka

Noun

dìka f (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Alternative form of dìkka

Declension

Etymology 3

From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dîka/
• Hyphenation: di?ka

Noun

d?ka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

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

Declension

References

• “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

From Swahili duka, from Arabic ???????? (dukk?n), from Aramaic ??????????? (dukk?n?, “dais”), from Akkadian ???????? (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian ???????? (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

Noun

duka (plural dukas)

1. (Kenya) A shop, store.
   • 2012, Aidan Hartley, ‘Life at One Remove’, Literary Review 404:

     This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.

Anagrams

• kuda

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du?ka

Adjective

duka

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
2. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
3. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

Verb

duka

1. To induce sleep; to make someone drowsy or lethargic.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay duka, from Pali dukkha, from Sanskrit ???? (du?kha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.ka/
• Hyphenation: du?ka
• Rhymes: -ka

Adjective

duka

1. sad

Synonyms

• sedih

Derived terms

Further reading

• “duka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

duka m (plural duki, feminine dukessa)

1. duke

Manchu

Romanization

duka

1. Romanization of ????

Mwani

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (dukk?n), from Aramaic ??????????? (dukk?n?, “dais”), from Akkadian ???????? (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian ???????? (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

Noun

duka 5 (plural maduka)

1. (Nsimbwa) shop

Synonyms

• lozya

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du.ka/

Verb

duka

1. third-person singular present of duka?

Sakizaya

Noun

duka

1. wound; cut

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (dukk?n), from Aramaic ??????????? (dukk?n?, “dais”), from Akkadian ???????? (/takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian ???????? (/daggan/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”)..

Pronunciation

Noun

duka (ma class, plural maduka)

1. shop (establishment that sells goods)

Descendants

• Kikuyu: nduka

Sundanese

Verb

duka

1. in the state of ignorance
2. not knowing

Swedish

Etymology

duk +? -a

Verb

duka (present dukar, preterite dukade, supine dukat, imperative duka)

1. to set (a table; to arrange with dishes and cutlery)

Conjugation

Related terms

• dukning