liki

See also: liki-, līķi, and līķī

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English leak.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈliki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: li‧ki

Verb

liki (present likas, past likis, future likos, conditional likus, volitive liku)

1. to leak

Conjugation

Conjugation of liki present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense likas likis likos active participle likanta likantaj likinta likintaj likonta likontaj acc. likantan likantajn likintan likintajn likontan likontajn passive participle likata likataj likita likitaj likota likotaj acc. likatan likatajn likitan likitajn likotan likotajn nominal active participle likanto likantoj likinto likintoj likonto likontoj acc. likanton likantojn likinton likintojn likonton likontojn nominal passive participle likato likatoj likito likitoj likoto likotoj acc. likaton likatojn likiton likitojn likoton likotojn adverbial active participle likante likinte likonte adverbial passive participle likate likite likote infinitive liki imperative liku conditional likus

Descendants

• Ido: likar

Finnish

Etymology

liki- +‎ -i (i-lative singular)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliki/, [ˈlik̟i]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Syllabification^(key): li‧ki

Adverb

liki (+ number)

1. almost, nearly, close to

   Synonyms: lähes, melkein

   Auto maksaa liki kaksisataatuhatta euroa. ― The car costs almost 200,000 euros.

   Painan liki sata kiloa. ― I weigh nearly one hundred kilograms.

Inflection

See liki-.

Derived terms

• likekkäin
• likentyä
• likentää
• likikään
• likistää

 

compounds

• likilaskuinen
• likimain
• likimäärä
• likipitäen
• likitaitteinen
• likitaittoinen
• niilinliki

 

Further reading

• “liki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• ilki, kili

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliki/

Noun

liki

1. plural of liko

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *liki. Cognates include Finnish liki and Estonian ligi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈliki/, [ˈlʲiki]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlʲiki/, [ˈlʲiɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: li‧ki

Adverb

liki

1. near, close

Preposition

liki (+ partitive)

1. close to
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, pages 3-4:

     Neet dialektat ollaa liki toin toista, mut i ero niijen välil kera ono.

     These dialects are close to each other, but there is also a difference between these.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:

     Yks ono liki Leningradaa, toin Moskovaa, Kalininan, Ivanovon ja Gorjkin linnoin välis.

     One is close to Leningrad, the other to Moscow, between the cities of Kalinin, Ivanovo and Gorky.

Derived terms

• liittää
• likemmälle

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 265

Latvian

Verb

liki

1. second-person singular past indicative of likt

Narua

Noun

liki

1. hoof

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

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Noun

liki

1. woodpecker

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[3] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 45