nek
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.
Noun
nek (plural neks)
- (geography, South Africa) A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
nek (plural nekke)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
Noun
nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
nek
- inflection of nekken:
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Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin nec, used in identical fashion (nec...nec). Compare Italian né, French ni, Spanish ni.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
nek
- neither, nor
- Antonym: kaj
- nek ... nek ...
- neither ... nor ...
- Li estas nek altkreska nek malaltkreska.
- He is neither tall nor short.
- 1910, J. A. Mitchell, translated by Lehman Wendelld, La lasta Usonano[1]:
- La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.
- The Americans possessed neither literature, nor art, nor their own music.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto nek, Latin nec.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
nek
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
nek (Jawi spelling نيق, informal 1st possessive nekku, 2nd possessive nekmu, 3rd possessive neknya)
See also
- nenek (full)
Further reading
- “nek” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
Noun
nek
- Alternative form of nekke
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.
Pronunciation
Noun
nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka or nekene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.
Pronunciation
Noun
nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka)
- a sheaf
- Synonym: kornband
- (derogatory) a simpleton
- the same as jolenek
References
- “nek” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “nek”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “nek” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Old Javanese
Etymology
Verb
nek
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.
Particle
nek
Swedish
Etymology
from Old Swedish nekir, see also Danish neg. Related to Finnish nikuli, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse hnykill 'ball of yarn'.
Noun
nek m
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
nek
Volapük
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nek
- no one, nobody
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:
- Nek kanon dünön sölis tel.
- Nobody can serve two masters.
Wutunhua
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nek
References
- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
Yurok
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nek
- first person singular pronoun; I
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- ms:Family
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