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neki

See also: nekî, néki, and neki-

Hungarian

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Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅		 – –
acc. -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul / -ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be
construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Lexicalization of the otherwise unattested Proto-Hungarian *nek (“to/across/toward something”) +‎ -i (third-person possessive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛki]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ki
  • Rhymes: -ki

Pronoun

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neki

  1. to/for him/her
    Synonyms: számára, részére, (only in certain senses) javára
    Ezt a könyvet neki vettem. ― I bought this book for her.
    Semmit se mondott neki. ― She did not say anything to him.
    Virágot hozott neki. ― He brought her flowers.
    (Neki) nincs testvére. ― S/he doesn’t have any siblings. (literally, “(For him/her) there is no his/her-sibling.”)

Usage notes

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This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with neki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see neki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Declension

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Inflection of neki
person singular plural
1st nekem/énnekem nekünk/minekünk
2nd neked/teneked nektek/tinektek
3rd neki/őneki nekik/őnekik

See also

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References

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  1. ^ neki in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • neki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Pipil

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nahuan *nəki. Compare Classical Nahuatl nequi (“to want”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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-neki

  1. (transitive) to want
    Inte tiknekit ma puliwi ne Nawat, yajika timumachtiat. ― We don't want Nawat to disappear, that's why we're learning (it).
  2. (transitive) to love
    Nimetzneki. ― I love you.
  3. (reflexive) to need, to be necessary
    Tejemet inte timunekit taja, tey né titechchiwilijtuk. ― We don't need you after what you did to us.

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ne- + Proto-Slavic *kъjь.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nȅkī (Cyrillic spelling не̏кӣ)

  1. (generally with countable nouns) some
    neki ljudi čekaju ― some people are waiting
    u neku ruku ― in some way
    neko vr(ij)eme ― for some time
    Vidio sam nekog lika pred tvojom kućom. ― I saw some bloke in front of your house.
  2. (in the plural, without a noun, substantively) some (people), people
    neki to vole žestoko ― some like it hard
    neki su mi rekli da je dosadan ― some people told me that he's boring
  3. (with genitive) some, approximately, around
    nekih sat vremena sam čitao knjigu ― I was reading the book for around an hour
    nekih pola sata ― around half an hour
    nekih 30 ljudi ― about 30 people
  4. some, certain
    do neke m(j)ere ― to a certain extent

Declension

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Declension of neki
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative nȅkī nȅkā nȅkō
genitive nekog(a) neke nekog(a)
dative nekom(u/e) nekoj nekom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		neki
nekog(a) 		neku neko
vocative — — —
locative nekom(u/e) nekoj nekom(u/e)
instrumental nekim(e) nekom nekim(e)
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative neki neke neka
genitive nekih nekih nekih
dative nekim nekim nekim
accusative neke neke neka
vocative — — —
locative nekim nekim nekim
instrumental nekim nekim nekim

Synonyms

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  • (some): nešto (with uncountable nouns)

References

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  • “neki” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English neck or Dutch nek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neki

  1. neck
  2. throat
    Synonym: inineki

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Aukan: neki

References

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Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “neki”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

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