spika

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Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

spika

  1. indefinite genitive plural of spik

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From spȉker.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /spîka/
  • Hyphenation: spi‧ka

Noun[edit]

spȉka f (Cyrillic spelling спи̏ка)

  1. conversation, speech, talk

References[edit]

  • “spika” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

spika (n class, plural spika)

  1. speaker (device to amplify sound)

Noun[edit]

spika (ma class, plural maspika)

  1. (politics) speaker (presiding member in a legislative body)
    spika wa bunge ― speaker of parliament

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

spik +‎ -a

Verb[edit]

spika (present spikar, preterite spikade, supine spikat, imperative spika)

  1. to nail (employ a nail as a fastener)
  2. to fix a formerly tentative decision
  3. to publicize a dissertation or PhD thesis
  4. (slang) to do perfectly, to get full points (on a test or an exam)

Conjugation[edit]

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.

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