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Appendix:Variations of "ika" Czech Pronunciation cs ɪka Suffix f forms nouns denoting a branch of science or study; -ics cs -ie Derived terms cs branch of science or study atletika<g:f> botanika<g:f> fonetika<g:f> fyzika<g:f> genetika<g:f> genomika<g:f> informatika<g:f> matematika<g:f> metafyzika<g:f> systematika<g:f> Further reading Hungarian Pronunciation Etymology 1 From hu -i -ka diminutive suffix diminutive suffix y. Suffix hu suffix diminutive suffixes hu diminutive suffix Added to a noun to express smallness, youth, or endearment. hu láda box ládika small box Usage notes diminutive suffix Variants: hu -ika is added to back-vowel words hu -ike is added to front-vowel words Derived terms hu noun See also hu -ka hu -cska Appendix:Hungarian suffixes Etymology 2 Suffix hu suffix A distinguishable foreign word ending in nouns. In this role, it is not considerable as an independent Hungarian suffix.Attila Mártonfi: The System of the Hungarian Suffixes, Theses of PhD Dissertation, Budapest, 2006 hu logika logic Derived terms hu References Ladino Suffix lad suffix form lad -iko Polish Alternative forms pl -yka Etymology pl -ics :lbor grc:-ικός<alt:-ική><id:-ic> + 1 Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix f -ics, typically causing antepenultimate stress, or penultimate stress colloquially Declension s Derived terms pl Further reading Serbo-Croatian Pronunciation sh /-ika/ Suffix Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting a plant. Usage notes Does not take stress. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable of the derived word, and the stressed syllable is always short with rising tone. Derived terms sh Swahili Alternative forms sw -lika/-leka sw -ka Etymology sw :inh bnt-sab-pro:*-ika<alt:*-ika/*-eka> ++ In Sabaki, cognate with zdj -iha/zdj -eha/zdj -ha and nyf -ika/nyf -eka. Other Bantu cognates include rw -ika/rw -eka and zu -eka. Suffix sw suffix mid vowel harmony variant -eka stative suffix sw after a verb -able sw nywa<alt:-nywa><t:to drink> -eka nyweka<alt:-nyweka><t:to be drinkable> sw after a verb to have undergone the action sw maliza<alt:-maliza><t:to finish> malizika<alt:-malizika><t:to be finished> sw haribu<alt:-haribu><t:to damage> haribika<alt:-haribika><t:to be damaged> sw after an adjective or noun to be or have a characteristic of sw imara<t:strong> imarika<alt:-imarika><t:to be strong> Usage notes This suffix is often similar in meaning to the passive suffix sw -wa, but it differs in that it cannot take an agent: sw Kiti kimevunjwa na mtoto. The chair has been broken by the child. sw Kiti kimevunjika. The chair is broken. Derived terms sw Swahili stative verbs