hik

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ik/, [ik]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hik/, [ɦik]

hik

1. ergative of hi

From the verb hikke (“to hiccup”).

• IPA^(key): /hek/, [heɡ̊]

hik n (singular definite hikket, plural indefinite hik)

1. hiccup (spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound)

hik

1. imperative of hikke

Imitative

• Rhymes: -ɪk

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hik m (plural hikken, diminutive hikje n)

1. hiccup

• Afrikaans: hik
• → Papiamentu: hik

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): [hik]
• Hyphenation: hik

hik

1. imitates the sound of a hiccup.

• hiki (“to hiccup”)

Onomatopoeicized from hikka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhik/, [ˈhik]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification^(key): hik

hik

1. (onomatopoeic) hic

• hikka
• hikottaa
• hikotella

See hika (“to hesitate”)

• IPA^(key): /hɪːk/
• Rhymes: -ɪːk

hik n (genitive singular hiks, no plural)

1. irresolution, indecision, hesitation

• hiklaust (“without hesitation”)

• hika (“to hesitate, to waver”)
• hikun (“hesitation”)
• hikorð (“filler word”)

• hig

Ultimately from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *siku.

hik

1. navel