different between tiki vs tike

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tiki (“figurine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?ki?/, /?t?ki/
• Rhymes: -i?ki, -?ki

Noun

tiki (plural tikis)

1. Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.

Derived terms

Further reading

• tiki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti?ki

Noun

tiki

1. the common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
2. (by extension) a gecko; any lizard of the family Gekkonidae

Chuukese

Verb

tiki

1. (transitive) to poke, to press
2. to put a dot on

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tik?ki?/, /tik?k??/

Noun

tiki

1. common house gecko

Maori

Etymology

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

Noun

tiki

1. Figurine.

Descendants

• ? English: tiki
  • ? tiki bar
  • ? tiki culture
  • ? tiki restaurant
  • ? tiki resort
  • ? tiki torch

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tiki f

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tik

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch een tikje.

Pronoun

tiki

1. few
2. a bit

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English stick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti.ki/

Noun

tiki

1. stick, rod

Swazi

Etymology

Borrowed from English tickey.

Noun

tíki 1a (plural bótíki 2a)

1. tickey

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yámana

Noun

tiki

1. see

English

Noun

tike (plural tikes)

1. Alternative spelling of tyke (mongrel dog)
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear, London: Nathaniel Butter, [Act III, Scene 6],^[1]

     Bobtaile tike, or trundletaile, Tom will make them weep & waile,

2. Alternative spelling of tyke (Yorkshireman)
3. A boorish person.
4. Archaic form of tick (a kind of arthropod)

Anagrams

• Kite, kite

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (tike, “piece”), from Proto-Turkic *tikö (“piece”). Cognate with Karakhanid ?????? (tik?, “piece, slice”).

Noun

tike (definite accusative tikeyi, plural tikeler)

1. (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye) piece; especially meat cut in pieces

Declension