Chichewa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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-seka (infinitive kuséka)

  1. laugh

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From French sec and Italian secco, both from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Indo-European cognates include Welsh sych, Russian сухо́й (suxój), Lithuanian sausas, Hindi सूखा (sūkhā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈseka]
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Hyphenation: se‧ka

Adjective

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seka (accusative singular sekan, plural sekaj, accusative plural sekajn)

  1. dry

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Derived terms

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  • sekeco (dryness)
  • sekega (very dry)
  • seketa (slightly dry)
  • sekigi (to dry, transitive verb)
  • sekiĝi (to dry off, intransitive verb)

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Portuguese seca (drying), secar (to dry), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō, from siccus (dry), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Doublet of seko.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛka/
  • Hyphenation: sè‧ka
  • Rhymes: -ka, -a

Verb

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sèka (base-imperative seka, active menyeka, ordinary passive diseka)

  1. infinitive, imperative and colloquial of menyeka (to wipe)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Balinese ᬲᭂᬓᬵ (seka), ᬲᭂᬓᬳ (sekaha, villagers' club, society), from Old Javanese sakhā (friend), from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), सखि (sakhi, friend).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /səˈka/
  • Hyphenation: sê‧ka
  • Rhymes: -ka, -a

Noun

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sêka (first-person possessive sekaku, second-person possessive sekamu, third-person possessive sekanya)

  1. (dialect) association

Further reading

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Karao

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Noun

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seka

  1. fuzzy-haired caterpillar (with either red or black hairs)

Kituba

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Verb

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seka

  1. to laugh

Luba-Kasai

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Verb

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seka

  1. to laugh

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.

Verb

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seka

  1. to seek

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Saterland Frisian: säike
  • West Frisian: sykje

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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seka m

  1. sprinkling

Declension

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Phuthi

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Verb

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-séka

  1. to cut

Inflection

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Rwanda-Rundi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Verb

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-seka (infinitive guseka, perfective -setse)

  1. laugh, smile

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From sèstra (sister) +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sěːka/
  • Hyphenation: se‧ka

Noun

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séka f (Cyrillic spelling се́ка)

  1. (informal) sis (an affectionate term for a sister or female cousin)
    Synonym: séja

Descendants

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  • Romanian: seca (regional)

References

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  • seka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Shona

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Verb

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-seka (infinitive kuseka)

  1. laugh (at)

Tumbuka

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Verb

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-seka (infinitive kuseka)

  1. laugh

Xhosa

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Verb

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-seka?

  1. (transitive) to establish

Inflection

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