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neka

See also: nekā, nęka, and нека

Maltese

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Root
n-k-j
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic نَكَى (nakā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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neka (imperfect jinki, past participle minki, verbal noun nkejja)

  1. to tease, to annoy, to spite

Conjugation

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Conjugation of neka
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m nkejt nkejt neka nkejna nkejtu nkew
f nkiet
imperfect m ninki tinki jinki ninku tinku jinku
f tinki
imperative inki inku

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Aphetic form of aneka

Adjective

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neka

  1. several
  2. many

References

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Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “neka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Phuthi

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Verb

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-néka

  1. to lay out
  2. to hang up

Inflection

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

Particle

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nȅka (Cyrillic spelling не̏ка)

  1. let, may

References

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  • “neka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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-neka?

  1. to hang

Inflection

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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 nægte, Norwegian nekta.

Verb

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neka (present nekar, preterite nekade, supine nekat, imperative neka)

  1. to deny, to say no
    1. to assert that something is not true
      Mannen nekar till brott.
      The man denies the crime.
      Mannen nekade att han hade begått brottet.
      The man denied having committed the crime.
    2. (ditransitive) to disallow, to refuse to give someone something
      Jag blev nekad tillgång till min dator.
      I was denied access to my computer.
  2. (transitive) to refuse (to do something)
    Många företag nekar att ta emot kontanter.
    Many companies refuse to accept cash.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of neka (weak)
active passive
infinitive neka nekas
supine nekat nekats
imperative neka —
imper. plural1 neken —
present past present past
indicative nekar nekade nekas nekades
ind. plural1 neka nekade nekas nekades
subjunctive2 neke nekade nekes nekades
present participle nekande
past participle nekad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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  • neka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

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