hiki

From Japanese 疋 (hiki).

hiki (plural hiki)

1. (historical) A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
   • 1987, Jerrold M. Packard, Sons of Heaven: A Portrait of the Japanese Monarchy, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, page 143:

     After enough money was at last found, the imperial family was so happy that in appreciation the shogunal official responsible for the release of the burial money—one thousand hiki (about $5,000)—was granted the coveted right to personally display the imperial crest of chrysanthemum and paulownia.

   • 1991, Jin’ichi Konishi, translated by Aileen Gatten and Mark Harbison, edited by Earl Miner, A History of Japanese Literature, volume 3 (The High Middle Ages), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 453:

     Sogi once donated one thousand hiki in cash (based on rice prices in 1984, some five thousand dollars) to the court for repairs to the Library of Official Documents (Kammu Bunko).

   • 2002, Sōchō, translated by H. Mack Horton, The Journal of Sōchō, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 130:

     Five hundred hiki (the cost of five kegs of sake), six loads of charcoal, two baskets of oranges, and various dried foods.

   • 2016, William J. Farge, A Christian Samurai: The Trials of Baba Bunkō, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 263:

     Nakamura was hired that day for the large sum of one thousand hiki.⁷⁹ […] 79. Traditionally, the price of one koku of rice was equivalent to one hiki of silk. In the Edo period one hiki remained more or less the equivalent of ten mon.

From hik +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: hi‧ki

hiki (present hikas, past hikis, future hikos, conditional hikus, volitive hiku)

1. to hiccup

From Proto-Finnic *hiki, of unknown further origin. Cognate with Estonian higi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhik̟i]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation^(key): hi‧ki

hiki

1. sweat, perspiration

   hiellä ja vaivalla ― by the sweat of one's brow

   Tuollaisessa helteessä tulee äkkiä hiki.

   In that kind of heat, you start to sweat very quickly.

   (literally, “...that sweat comes quickly.”)

• “hiki”, 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 2023-07-02

• khii

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhi.ki/, [ˈhi.ti]

hiki

1. all right

hiki

1. ability

hiki

1. (stative) can, be able to

   Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi?

   Can you speak Hawaiian?

2. (intransitive) to reach, arrive

• hikina

From Proto-Finnic *hiki. Cognates include Finnish hiki and Estonian higi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhiki]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhiɡ̊i]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhiɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: hi‧ki

hiki

1. sweat

Declension of hiki (type 5/lehti, k- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	hiki	hiet
genitive	hien	hikkiin, hikilöin
partitive	hikkiä	hikijä, hikilöjä
illative	hikkee	hikkii, hikilöihe
inessive	hies	hiis, hikilöis
elative	hiest	hiist, hikilöist
allative	hielle	hiille, hikilöille
adessive	hiel	hiil, hikilöil
ablative	hielt	hiilt, hikilöilt
translative	hieks	hiiks, hikilöiks
essive	hikennä, hikkeen	hikinnä, hikilöinnä, hikkiin, hikilöin
exessive1)	hikent	hikint, hikilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• → Votic: hiki

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 61
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 36

hiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひき

hiki

1. to carry (in the arms)

hiki

1. Ki class inflected form of hii.

Borrowed from Ingrian hiki.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈhiki/, [ˈhʲikʲi]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Hyphenation: hi‧ki

hiki

1. sweat

Declension of hiki (type VII/nimi, k-g gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	hiki	higõd
genitive	higõ	hikijõ, hikii
partitive	hikkia	hikiitõ, hikii
illative	hikkõsõ, hikkõ	hikiisõ
inessive	higõz	hikiiz
elative	higõssõ	hikiissõ
allative	higõlõ	hikiilõ
adessive	higõllõ	hikiillõ
ablative	higõltõ	hikiiltõ
translative	higõssi	hikiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “hiki”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn