"-ika" meaning in Swahili

See -ika in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|sw|suffix|mid vowel harmony variant|-eka}} -ika (mid vowel harmony variant -eka)
  1. stative suffix
    (after a verb) -able
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ika-sw-suffix-kr9LMR41 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. stative suffix
    (after a verb) to have undergone the action
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ika-sw-suffix-5MUrw9iB Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  3. stative suffix
    (after an adjective or noun) to be or have a characteristic of
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ika-sw-suffix-fHPNyDaa Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -lika, -leka, -ka Derived forms: Swahili stative verbs

Download JSON data for -ika meaning in Swahili (2.4kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Swahili stative verbs"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "mid vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-eka"
      },
      "expansion": "-ika (mid vowel harmony variant -eka)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-nywa (“to drink”) + -eka → -nyweka (“to be drinkable”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "-able"
      ],
      "id": "en--ika-sw-suffix-kr9LMR41",
      "links": [
        [
          "stative suffix",
          "Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Stative"
        ],
        [
          "-able",
          "-able"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "(after a verb) -able"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-maliza (“to finish”) + -ika → -malizika (“to be finished”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-haribu (“to damage”) + -ika → -haribika (“to be damaged”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "to have undergone the action"
      ],
      "id": "en--ika-sw-suffix-5MUrw9iB",
      "links": [
        [
          "stative suffix",
          "Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Stative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "(after a verb) to have undergone the action"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "imara (“strong”) + -ika → -imarika (“to be strong”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "to be or have a characteristic of"
      ],
      "id": "en--ika-sw-suffix-fHPNyDaa",
      "links": [
        [
          "stative suffix",
          "Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Stative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "(after an adjective or noun) to be or have a characteristic of"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after an adjective or noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-lika"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-leka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-ka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ika"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili suffixes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Swahili stative verbs"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "mid vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-eka"
      },
      "expansion": "-ika (mid vowel harmony variant -eka)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-nywa (“to drink”) + -eka → -nyweka (“to be drinkable”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "-able"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stative suffix",
          "Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Stative"
        ],
        [
          "-able",
          "-able"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "(after a verb) -able"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "-maliza (“to finish”) + -ika → -malizika (“to be finished”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "-haribu (“to damage”) + -ika → -haribika (“to be damaged”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "to have undergone the action"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stative suffix",
          "Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Stative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "(after a verb) to have undergone the action"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "imara (“strong”) + -ika → -imarika (“to be strong”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "to be or have a characteristic of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stative suffix",
          "Appendix:Swahili verbal derivation#Stative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "stative suffix",
        "(after an adjective or noun) to be or have a characteristic of"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after an adjective or noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-lika"
    },
    {
      "word": "-leka"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ika"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: mid vowel harmony variant -eka",
  "path": [
    "-ika"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ika",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.