nek
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Borrowed from Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.
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nek (plural neks)
- (geography, South Africa) A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).
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nek (plural nekke)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
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nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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nek
- inflection of nekken:
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From Latin nec, used in identical fashion (nec...nec). Compare Italian né, French ni, Spanish ni.
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nek
- neither, nor
- Antonym: kaj
- nek ... nek ...
- neither ... nor ...
- Li estas nek altkreska nek malaltkreska.
- He is neither tall nor short.
- 1910, J. A. Mitchell, translated by Lehman Wendelld, La lasta Usonano[1]:
- La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.
- The Americans possessed neither literature, nor art, nor their own music.
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Borrowed from Esperanto nek, Latin nec.
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nek (Jawi spelling نيق, informal 1st possessive nekku, 2nd possessive nekmu, 3rd possessive neknya)
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- nenek (full)
Further reading edit
- “nek” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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nek
- Alternative form of nekke
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.
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nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka or nekene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.
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nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka)
- a sheaf
- Synonym: kornband
- (derogatory) a simpleton
- the same as jolenek
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nek
Serbo-Croatian edit
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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.
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Wutunhua edit
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References edit
- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
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nek
- first person singular pronoun; I