tik
See also: tík
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From narcotic?”)
Noun
tik (uncountable)
- (South Africa, slang) crystal meth or speed.
- 2004 June 8, “On the Tik-Tik express”, in SABC News, archived from the original on 2 June 2006:
- This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik. It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape.
- 2006 May 13, Weekend Argus, page 12:
- Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik.
- 2020 October 10, Mike Simpson, “More seizures of drug consignments on long-distance buses”, in The South African:
- Hardly a week goes by without news of a crime bust of some kind involving one of the buses travelling cross-country, with everything from mandrax to tik, marijuana and abalone finding its way on board.
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Anagrams
- ITK, KIT, Kit, ikt, kit
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tək/
Etymology 1
From Dutch tikken.
Verb
tik (present tik, present participle tikkende, past participle getik)
- (transitive, intransitive) to tap
- (transitive) to type
- (Cape Afrikaans, intransitive) to use crystal meth
- Synonym: tjoef
Etymology 2
From Dutch tik.
Noun
tik (plural tikke)
- tap
- (Cape Afrikaans, uncountable) crystal meth
- Synonym: tjoef
Derived terms
- tikkop
- tiklollie
Choctaw
Noun
tīk (inalienable)
- female
- sister (of a man)
Czech
Noun
tik m
- A tick, a twitch.
Dinka
Noun
tik (plural diäär or dior)
- woman
- wife
References
- Dinka-English Dictionary, 2005
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪk/
tik (file) - Hyphenation: tik
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology 1
From tikken.
Noun
tik m (plural tikken, diminutive tikje n)
- tick (a kind of sound)
- tap
- slap
- little bit (In: "een tikje meer")
Derived terms
- schoudertik
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tik
- → Papiamentu: tiki (from the diminutive)
- Indonesian: tik
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tik
- first-person singular present indicative of tikken
- imperative of tikken
Anagrams
- kit
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tik
- louse
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tîk/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̂k]
Ideophone
tîk
- something heavy falling
Alternative forms
- bîf, tîm
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtik]
- Hyphenation: tik
- Rhymes: -ik
Pronoun
tik
- (personal, folksy) Alternative form of ti (“you, plural”).
Declension
declension of tik
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Further reading
- (folksy alternative form of tyúk (“hen”)): tik , redirecting to tyúk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (folksy alternative form of ti (“you all”)): tik , redirecting to (1): ti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- ketik (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Dutch tik or tikken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɪk̚]
- Hyphenation: tik
Noun
tik (first-person possessive tikku, second-person possessive tikmu, third-person possessive tiknya)
- typewriter, a device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of tik (meng-, transitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | tik | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | mengetik | – | ditik | tik | tiklah |
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | mengetikkan | – | ditikkan | tikkan | tikkanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
Derived terms
- ketikan
- mengetik
- mesin tik
- pengetik
- pengetikan
- tikan
Further reading
- “tik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
Adverb
tik
- so
- tik daudz ― so many
Particle
tik
- not so... as
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʲɪk]
Adverb
tik (not comparable)
- just, only (nothing more than; nothing else other than)
- Kàs bùs toliaũ, gãlima tìk spėlióti - We can only speculate as to what will come next.
- Jìs tìk bė̃go ir̃ bė̃go. - He just ran and ran.
- only just, barely, hardly
- Rãdo jį̃ tik gývą, tik nenùmirė - We found him barely alive, he almost died.
Conjunction
tik
- but, yet, just (introduces a concession)
- Labaĩ nóriu, tìk pinigų̃ neturiù. - I'd love to, just I don't have the money
Particle
tik
- (in conjunction with question words) -ever, no matter …
- Kõ tìk ìmasi, tàs sẽkasi. - He succeeds at whatever he puts his hand to.
Synonyms
- (adverb, just, only): vien, tiktai
- (adverb, barely): vos, bemaž
- (conjunction): bet, tačiau
- (particle): bebūtų, bet
Derived terms
- ką tik
- tik tik
- tiktai
Etymology 2
Of imitative origin.
Interjection
tìk
- Noise made to call chickens
- tick (sound of a clock ticking)
Synonyms
- (chicken call): cik
Verb
tìk
- second-person singular imperative of tikti
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse tík.
Noun
tik f or m (definite singular tika or tiken, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)
- a female canine
- a ewe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse tík.
Noun
tik f (definite singular tika, indefinite plural tiker, definite plural tikene)
- a female canine
- a ewe
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French tic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tik/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ik
- Syllabification: tik
Noun
tik m inan
- (medicine) tic (local and habitual convulsive motion)
Declension
Declension of tik
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tik | tiki |
| genitive | tika | tików |
| dative | tikowi | tikom |
| accusative | tik | tiki |
| instrumental | tikiem | tikami |
| locative | tiku | tikach |
| vocative | tiku | tiki |
Derived terms
adjective
- tikowy
Further reading
- tik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sudovian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian tìk, Latvian tik, however Old Prussian ter (“only”).[1][2]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Particle
tik
- only, just
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 21, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
- tylko — tik
- tylko — only
- tylko — tik
References
- Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 80: “tik ‘tik, tiktai, l. tylko’ 21.”
- “tìk” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. tik part. ‘nur’”.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare English tyke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiːk/
- Rhymes: -iːk
Noun
tik c
- a bitch (female canine)
Declension
| Declension of tik | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tik | tiken | tikar | tikarna |
| Genitive | tiks | tikens | tikars | tikarnas |
Synonyms
- hynda
Tatar
Adjective
tik
- only, solitary
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tikka. Cognates include Finnish tikka.
Noun
tik
- woodpecker
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English think.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tik/
Noun
tik (nominative plural tiks)
- thought (object or instance of thinking)
Declension
declension of tik
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tik | tiks |
| genitive | tika | tikas |
| dative | tike | tikes |
| accusative | tiki | tikis |
| vocative 1 | o tik! | o tiks! |
| predicative 2 | tiku | tikus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
- tikäl
- tikön