hiko

See also: Hiko, hikō, and Hikō

Japanese

Romanization

hiko

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひこ

Māori

Etymology 1

Compare with Māori uira, Hawaiian uila, Tahitian uira and Tongan ʻuhila for semantic extension into "electricity". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiko/ [ˈhikɔ]

Noun

hiko

1. flash, twinkle
2. lightning

   Synonym: uira

3. electricity

   Synonym: uira

Verb

hiko

1. (of lightning, etc.) to flash

   Synonyms: karamu, kohiko, kohikohiko, kōwhā, kōhā, rapa, rarapa, uira

   • 1827, “He Tangi Amuamu”, Humai (lyrics):

     E hiko te uira, e rarapa i te rangi / Ko te tohu o te mate, i te hoa ka wehea...

     Lightning flashes, darting across the sky / A sign of death, to the lover now separated...

Adjective

hiko

1. random, irregular
2. (attributive) electric; electrical; electronic

   Synonym: uira

Derived terms

Of sense 'flash[ing], random or irregular'

• hihiko
• hikohiko
• kohiko
• kohikohiko

Of sense 'lightning, electricity'

• pukuhiko
• rorohiko

Etymology 2

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

Verb

hiko

1. to stimulate
2. to grab; to grasp

References

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hiko”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 59
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “hiko”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

Noun

hiko

1. (anatomy) elbow