siku

siku (plural sikus)

1. A type of traditional panpipe from the Andes.

From Latin siccus.

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siku

1. dry

From Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /siku/, [sɪ.kʊ]

siku (plural sikut)

1. ice (on water)
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

     The BBC crew has visited Ammassalik twice. The first time was in March, when they filmed on the solid winter sea ice.

2. ice-cream, ice lolly

For ice on solid objects, use sermeq.

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku

1. elbow

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsiku/ [ˈsi.ku]
• Rhymes: -iku
• Syllabification: si‧ku

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Inherited from Malay siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku (plural siku-siku)

1. (anatomy) elbow

   Synonym: sikut

2. butt (of a gun)

   Synonyms: gagang, popor, tangkai

3. (geometry) short for siku-siku (“right angle”)
4. square (an L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles)
5. (road transport) angle, corner (of road)

Borrowed from Lampung Api [Term?] or Abung [Term?].

siku (plural siku-siku)

1. a large net made of woven rattan, used to catch fish in swamps [since 2024]

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 市區(しく) (shiku, “municipal district, urban subdistrict”). Romanised according modified Kunrei-shiki romanization.

siku (plural siku-siku)

1. (historical, 1942-1945) synonym of kelurahan (“subdistrict”)

   Gambir siku ― Gambir subdistrict

• “siku”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• sicu (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiku/ [ˈsiː.xu]
• Hyphenation: si‧ku

síku

1. (anatomy) elbow

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku

1. (anatomy) elbow

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku

1. (anatomy) elbow

From Proto-Malayic *siku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siku, from Proto-Austronesian *sikux (“elbow”).

• IPA^(key): /siku/

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• Rhymes: -u

siku (Jawi spelling سيکو, plural siku-siku or siku²)

1. (anatomy) elbow

• Indonesian: siku

• "siku" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sikux”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku

1. elbow

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku

1. (anatomy) elbow

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ku/

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• Rhymes: -iku
• Syllabification: si‧ku

siku n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) pee (urine)

   Synonym: siusiu

2. (colloquial) an act of urination

   Synonym: siusiu

• Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oddawać mocz

• siku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• siku in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku

1. (anatomy) elbow

siku

1. cane, straw
2. panpipes, pan flute

• sikuwa

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìtíkʊ̀.

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siku class IX (plural siku class X)

1. day, nycthemeron, a twenty-four-hour period beginning and ending at sunrise (6.00AM)

• usiku (“night”)

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /siku/ [sɪˈk̠u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: si‧ku

siku (Sulat Sūg spelling سِكُ)

1. (anatomy) elbow

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

siku

1. (anatomy) elbow

From Proto-Austronesian *sikux.

sikú

1. (anatomy) elbow