See also: Tek, -tek, -ték, and tək

English

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tek (third-person singular simple present teks, present participle teking, simple past took, past participle tekken)

  1. (Northumbria, Appalachia, dated) Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.
    • 1893, Amélie Rives, Tanis, the Sang-digger:
      Doncher know a cud hole yuh an' tek a kiss anytime a'd a mine tuh?

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *tai ̊, from *te ku (< tóy- kʷu-) ‘there where’, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (it). Also occurs as a preposition with the meaning ‘ad, apud, prope, versus’. See also te.

Adverb

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tek

  1. (over) there, where

Basque

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Noun

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tek

  1. ergative indefinite of te

Breton

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the main entry.

Numeral

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tek

  1. Hard mutation of dek.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Brythonic *teg, from Proto-Celtic *tekos (beautiful). Cognate with Cornish teg and Welsh teg.

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tek

  1. pretty, attractive
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Choctaw

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Noun

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tek

  1. female, "she"

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tek

  1. female, "she-"

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of tek – see (“bamboo; musical instrument made of bamboo; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Icelandic

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tek

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of taka

Italian

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Noun

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tek m (invariable)

  1. teak

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English take.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tek

  1. to take
    Tek time pon di road.Take it easy when you're driving.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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tek

  1. present of ta and taka

Old Norse

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tek

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of taka

Semai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iiʔ (hand, arm). Cognate with Khmer ដៃ (day, hand), Western Lawa teʔ (“hand”), Bolyu ti⁵⁵ (“hand”), Central Nicobarese -tai (“hand”).

Noun

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tek[1]

  1. hand

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  1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tekъ.

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Adverb

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tȅk (Cyrillic spelling те̏к)

  1. only, only just, hardly, barely
    Tek svega par je preživjelo katastrofu.Only a couple of people survived the catastrophe.
  2. yet, still
    Pregovori se tek trebaju održati.Negotiations have yet to take place.
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tękъ.

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Noun

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tȇk m (Cyrillic spelling те̑к)

  1. appetite
  2. taste, flavour
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Slovene

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Noun

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tẹ̑k m inan

  1. run, flow
  2. appetite

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. ték
gen. sing. téka
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ték téka téki
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
téka tékov tékov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
téku tékoma tékom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ték téka téke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
téku tékih tékih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
tékom tékoma téki

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تك (tek, unique; alone), from Proto-Turkic *tēk.

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  • IPA(key): /tec/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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tek

  1. single, sole
    Hastanın tek arzusu iyileşmektir.The only wish of a sick man is to get well.
  2. unique
  3. single-barrelled
    Antonym: çifte

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Further reading

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  • tek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu