likar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto liki, English leak, German lecken. Decision no. 15, Progreso II.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /liˈkar/

Verb

likar (present likas, past likis, future likos, conditional likus, imperative likez)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to leak

Conjugation
    Conjugation of likar
present past future
infinitive likar likir likor
tense likas likis likos
conditional likus
imperative likez
adjective active participle likanta likinta likonta
adverbial active participle likante likinte likonte
nominal active participle singular likanto likinto likonto
plural likanti likinti likonti
adjective passive participle likata likita likota
adverbial passive participle likate likite likote
nominal passive participle singular likato likito likoto
plural likati likiti likoti

Derived terms
  • likajo (“leak”)
  • likanta (“leaky”)
  • likema (“leaky”)
  • likeskar (“to spring a leak”)
  • liketar
  • likeyo (“leak”)
  • liko (“leak”)

References
  • Progreso II (in Ido), 1909–1910, page 76, 578

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

likar

  1. present of like

Adjective

likar

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) Alternative form of betre (“better”) (The spelling is not normative because of apocope. The normal spelling will be likare, but is not phonetically correct to the dialect where this word is used.
    • 1996, Frode Viken (lyrics and music), “Det går likar no”, performed by D.D.E.:
      Det går likar no, XL-1 og rett i koppen, vi lik' itj å bli narra!
      It's going better now, XL-1 and right in to the cup, we don't like to be foolished
    • 1985, Hans Rotmo (lyrics and music), “Fire fine lænestola”:
      Tenk å værra ein forretningsmainn som kainn færra rundt å sælle, spise på restaurang og sove på hotælle (...) Det må da værra paradise - finst itj nå' likar da?
      Imagine being a businessman who can go around and sell, eat on resaurant and sleep at the hotel (...) It must be the paradise - is there anything better?

See also

Swedish

Noun

likar

  1. indefinite plural of like

Verb

likar

  1. present indicative of lika

Anagrams
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