heka

See also: hèkǎ

English

Etymology

From Egyptian ḥkꜣ.

Noun

heka (uncountable)

(Ancient Egypt) A mystic animating force present in the universe, used by deities and people.
- 1998, Ogden Goelet, Jr., edited by Eva von Dassow, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, 2nd edition, page 146:
  Endowed with heka, both people and the gods can make words and wishes effective.
- 2004, Rosemary Clark, The Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt, page 359:
  The distinction between white (life-giving) and black (life-destroying) magic was not simplistically defined, because heka was viewed as a neutral force.
- 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 45:
  Heka was especially expressed in words, spoken or written, but also by ritual, often linked to particular stones, plants and incenses.

Anagrams

Hake, hake

Guaraní

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /he.ˈka/

Verb

heka

to search for, look for, seek

Conjugation

Conjugation of heka

		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person inclusive	1^st person exclusive	2^nd person	3^rd person
active
	indicative	che aheka	nde reheka	ha'e oheka	ñande jaheka	ore roheka	peẽ peheka	ha'ekuéra oheka/oheka hikuái
	hortative	taheka che	tereheka nde	toheka ha'e	tajaheka ñande	taroheka ore	tapeheka peẽ	toheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eheka	-	-	-	peheka	-
passive
	indicative	che ajeheka	nde rejeheka	ha'e ojeheka	ñande jajeheka	ore rojeheka	peẽ pejeheka	ha'ekuéra ojeheka/ojeheka hikuái
	hortative	tajeheka che	terejeheka nde	tojeheka ha'e	tajajeheka ñande	tarojeheka ore	tapejeheka peẽ	tojeheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejeheka	-	-	-	pejeheka	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajoheka	ore rojoheka	peẽ pejoheka	ha'ekuéra ojoheka/ojoheka hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajoheka ñande	tarojoheka ore	tapejoheka peẽ	tojoheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejoheka	-
coactive
	indicative	che amboheka	nde remboheka	ha'e omboheka	ñande ñamboheka	ore romboheka	peẽ pemboheka	ha'ekuéra omboheka/omboheka hikuái
	hortative	tamboheka che	teremboheka nde	tomboheka ha'e	tañamboheka ñande	taromboheka ore	tapemboheka peẽ	tomboheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	emboheka	-	-	-	pemboheka	-
objective
	indicative	che aroheka/agueroheka	nde reroheka/regueroheka	ha'e oroheka/ogueroheka	ñande jaroheka/jagueroheka	ore roroheka/rogueroheka	peẽ peroheka/pegueroheka	ha'ekuéra oroheka/ogueroheka//oroheka/ogueroheka hikuái
	hortative	taroheka/tagueroheka che	tereroheka/teregueroheka nde	toroheka/togueroheka ha'e	tajaroheka/tajagueroheka ñande	taroroheka/tarogueroheka ore	taperoheka/tapegueroheka peẽ	toroheka/togueroheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eroheka/egueroheka	-	-	-	peroheka/pegueroheka	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che aporoheka/amba'eheka	nde reporoheka/remba'eheka	ha'e oporoheka/omba'eheka	ñande japoroheka/ñamba'eheka	ore roporoheka/romba'eheka	peẽ peporoheka/pemba'eheka	ha'ekuéra oporoheka/omba'eheka//oporoheka/omba'eheka hikuái
	hortative	taporoheka/tamba'eheka che	tereporoheka/teremba'eheka nde	toporoheka/tomba'eheka ha'e	tajaporoheka/tañamba'eheka ñande	taroporoheka/taromba'eheka ore	tapeporoheka/tapemba'eheka peẽ	toporoheka/tomba'eheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eporoheka/emba'eheka	-	-	-	peporoheka/pemba'eheka	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

heke (e-infinitive)

Verb

heka (present tense hekar, past tense heka, past participle heka, passive infinitive hekast, present participle hekande, imperative heka/hek)

(intransitive) to be in doubt or uncertain

Usage notes

This is a split infinitive verb.

References

“heka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

hake