neka
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Aphetic form of aneka
AdjectiveEdit
neka
ReferencesEdit
Pali Text Society, editor (1921-1925) , “neka”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
PhuthiEdit
VerbEdit
-néka
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.
ParticleEdit
nȅka (Cyrillic spelling не̏ка)
ReferencesEdit
- “neka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Southern NdebeleEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
VerbEdit
-neka?
- to hang
InflectionEdit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From nej (“no”), similar to jaka (“to say yes”). From Old Swedish neka, Norwegian neikka, Danish nege, applying a -k suffix to Icelandic nei and Old Swedish ne. This goes further back to Germanic nikon. There is also an additional -t suffix in Swedish dialectal näkta, south Swedish nejta, Danish negte, Norwegian nekta
VerbEdit
neka (present nekar, preterite nekade, supine nekat, imperative neka)
ConjugationEdit
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | neka | nekas | ||
| Supine | nekat | nekats | ||
| Imperative | neka | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | nekar | nekade | nekas | nekades |
| Indicative plural1 | neka | nekade | nekas | nekades |
| Subjunctive2 | neke | nekade | nekes | nekades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | nekande | |||
| Past participle | nekad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- neka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)