spika
Icelandic
Noun
spika
- indefinite genitive plural of spik
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From spȉker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spîka/
- Hyphenation: spi‧ka
Noun
spȉka f (Cyrillic spelling спи̏ка)
- conversation, speech, talk
References
- “spika” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English speaker.
Pronunciation
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Noun
spika (n class, plural spika)
- speaker (device to amplify sound)
Noun
spika (ma class, plural maspika)
- (politics) speaker (presiding member in a legislative body)
Swedish
Etymology
spik + -a
Verb
spika (present spikar, preterite spikade, supine spikat, imperative spika)
- to nail (employ a nail as a fastener)
- to fix a formerly tentative decision
- to publicize a dissertation or PhD thesis
- (slang) to do perfectly, to get full points (on a test or an exam)
Conjugation
Conjugation of spika (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spika | spikas | ||
| Supine | spikat | spikats | ||
| Imperative | spika | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spiken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spikar | spikade | spikas | spikades |
| Ind. plural1 | spika | spikade | spikas | spikades |
| Subjunctive2 | spike | spikade | spikes | spikades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | spikande | |||
| Past participle | spikad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- spikare
- spikning
- spik
Anagrams
- piska