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nika

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. nvs., Nigger, black, blackness, blackened; a term of derision for a marble player who misses a shot.

  • Eng.
  • Related:
    • Keaka nika, minstrel show.
  • References:

2. Same as māikoiko, a variety of sugar cane.

3. n., A variety of sweet potato; sometimes qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, nui.

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NI-KA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

adj. Black; deep blue; dark colored.

NI-KA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. The vulgar orthography for negero, as nigger is in English for negro; a black man.

Nika (nī'-ka), adj.

/ nī'-ka / Parker Haw to Eng,

Black; deep blue; dark colored.

Nika (nī'-ka), n.

/ nī'-ka / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. A being black; blackness.

2. Incorrect form of negero, a negro, as nigger is in English for negro; a black man.

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