spika

Icelandic

Noun

spika

1. indefinite genitive plural of spik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From spȉker.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

spȉka f (Cyrillic spelling спи̏ка)

1. conversation, speech, talk

References

• “spika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

spika (n class, plural spika)

1. speaker (device to amplify sound)

Noun

spika (ma class, plural maspika)

1. (politics) speaker (presiding member in a legislative body)

   spika wa bunge ― speaker of parliament

Swedish

Etymology

spik +‎ -a

Verb

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

1. to drive nails (with a hammer), to nail, to hammer

   spika med en hammare

   drive nails with a hammer

   spika fast stolarna i golvet

   nail [drive-nails fast/fixed] the chairs to the floor

   spika upp en anslagstavla på väggen

   nail [drive-nails up] a bulletin board to the wall

   Grannens spikande väckte mig

   My neighbor's hammering woke me up

2. to fix a formerly tentative decision, to nail down

   Vi har inte spikat semesterplanerna än

   We haven't nailed down the vacation plans yet

3. to publicize a dissertation or PhD thesis
4. (slang) to do perfectly, to get full points (on a test or an exam)

Conjugation

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.

Related terms

• spikare
• spikning
• spik

See also

• hammare (“hammer”)
• hamra (“hammer”)
• spetsa (“spike (a drink or the like)”)

References

• spika in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• piska