ik
Translingual
English
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Alternative forms
Phrase
ik
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I know.
- Coordinate term: idk (“I don't know”)
- ik we already talked about this, but hear me out.
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ək/
Albanian
Angguruk Yali
References
- Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 157
Bergish
Alternative forms
- ek (Barmen (Wuppertal))
Further reading
- H. K. vam Hingberg (that's H. Kühne), Ut auler un neier Tied. Erzählungen in niederdeutscher Mundart [From old and new times (in Low Franconian, more specifically Mölmsch). Stories in Low German dialect (in Standard High German)], 1872 (vol. I)
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Low German ik, West Frisian ik, German ich, English I, Danish jeg. See I (English, etymology 3).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (stressed) /ɪk/, (unstressed) /ək/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ik
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Inflection
subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer, haars |
3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
plural | |||||||||
1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). |
5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
Descendants
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “ik”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
German Low German
Alternative forms
- (enclitic) -'k, 'k
- (Waldeckisch, when strongly emphasised; scientific spelling) ikə
Etymology
From Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪk/
Pronoun
ik
- (most northern and western dialects) I (first person singular pronoun)
- Ik kem, ik sach, ik wünd.
- I came, I saw, I conquered. (Veni, vidi, vici. Attributed to Julius Caesar.)
Declension
In Störmede:[1]
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
Singular | Nominative | ik | diu | hoi | soi | iät |
(Genitive) | (van meune) | (van deune) | (van seune) | (van iähre) | (van seune) | |
Dative | meu | deu | iähne | iähr | iähne | |
Accusative | soi | iät | ||||
Plural | Nominative | weu | jeu | soi | ||
(Genitive) | (van use) | (van jiue) | (van iähre) | |||
Dative | us | jiu | iähnen | |||
Accusative | soi |
Related terms
See also
- (Plautdietsch) ekj, etj
References
- Franz Kemper: Stürmeder Platt: Wi et lutt düt un dat. 1998, p. 18
Gothic
Latvian
Marshallese
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ic, perhaps with influence from Old Norse ek; both from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ik/
Pronoun
ik
- (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of I
- circa 1300, Homilies:
- Forthi wil I of my pouert, Schau sum thing that ik haf in hert, [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- circa 1300, Cursor Mundi:
- Her ik haf a litil spend, In word eftir þat ik entend, [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- circa 1390, Chaucer:
- But ik am oold me list not pleye for age.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- circa 1300, Homilies:
Descendants
- Scots: ik
Middle Low German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪk/
Declension
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
Mokilese
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈik/
Inflection
singular possessor | first person | ikihoa | |
---|---|---|---|
second person | ikimwen | ||
third person | ikin | ||
dual possessors | first person inclusive | ikisa | |
first person exclusive | ikima | ||
second person | ikimwa | ||
third person | ikira | ||
plural possessors | first person inclusive | ikisai | |
first person exclusive | ikimai | ||
second person | ikimwai | ||
third person | ikirai | ||
remote plural possessors | first person inclusive | ikihs | |
first person exclusive | ikimi | ||
second person | ikimwi | ||
third person | ikihr | ||
construct form | ikin |
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Compare Dutch ik, German Low German ik, German ich, English I, Danish jeg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪk/
Old Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ik.
Declension
1st person | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ik, ic, ih | wī, wīr |
Accusative | mī, mik, *mic | uns, unsig |
Genitive | mīn | unsa, *unser |
Dative | mī | uns, unsig |
2nd person | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | thu, tu | gī, ir |
Accusative | thī, thik, *thic | iu, |
Genitive | thīn | iuwa, *iuwer |
Dative | thī | iu |
3rd person | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | hē, hie | sia | it |
Accusative | imo | sia | it |
Genitive | sīn, is | iro | is |
Dative | imo | iro | imo |
Plural | |||
Nominative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Accusative | sia, sie (masc. plur.) | ||
Genitive | iro | ||
Dative | im |
Descendants
Further reading
- “ik”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Compare Old Saxon ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Inflection
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Compare Old Frisian ik, Old English iċ, Old Dutch ik, Old High German ih, Old Norse ek, Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik).
Declension
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Pass Valley Yali
References
- Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 157
Pwaamei
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.
References
- Jim Hollyman, K. J. Hollyman, Études sur les langues du Nord de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (1999), page 52
Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *īk. Cognate with Azerbaijani iy, Turkish iğ, Turkmen īk.
Pronunciation
- (Shixiang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [ix]
References
- Potanin, G.N. (1893) “их”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 427
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English ik, from Old English ic (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik (“I”, pronoun).
Pronoun
ik
- (rare) I. Now mostly used to be emphatical.
- Wha did that? Ik!
- Who did that? I did!
- 1375, John Barbour, The Brus:
- For Ik am he, I say the soithly, [...]
- For I am he, I tell you truthfully, […]
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian ik, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪk/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /k/
Inflection
Number | Person | Nominative | Objective | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Reflexive | Determiner | Pronoun | ||||
Singular | First | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | |
Second | Informal | do/dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | |
Formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | ||
Third | Masculine | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | |
Feminine | sy/hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | ||
Neuter | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | ||
Plural | First | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | |
Second | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels/jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | ||
Third | sy/hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | ||
1. Now mostly archaic and unused |
Further reading
- “ik (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011