neke

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neke/ [ne.ke]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Hyphenation: ne‧ke

Noun

neke inan

1. tiredness, fatigue, suffering, pity, toil, weariness

   Synonyms: unadura, neketasun

Declension

Declension of neke (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	neke	nekea	nekeak
ergative	nekek	nekeak	nekeek
dative	nekeri	nekeari	nekeei
genitive	nekeren	nekearen	nekeen
comitative	nekerekin	nekearekin	nekeekin
causative	nekerengatik	nekearengatik	nekeengatik
benefactive	nekerentzat	nekearentzat	nekeentzat
instrumental	nekez	nekeaz	nekeez
inessive	neketan	nekean	nekeetan
locative	neketako	nekeko	nekeetako
allative	neketara	nekera	nekeetara
terminative	neketaraino	nekeraino	nekeetaraino
directive	neketarantz	nekerantz	nekeetarantz
destinative	neketarako	nekerako	nekeetarako
ablative	neketatik	neketik	nekeetatik
partitive	nekerik	—	—
prolative	neketzat	—	—

Derived terms

• nekabide
• nekadura
• nekaezin
• nekagaitz
• nekagarri
• nekakor
• nekaldi
• nekaldu
• nekarazi
• nekatu (“to tire”)
• nekazale
• nekazalgo
• nekazari (“farmer”) (see there for further derivations)
• neke-sari (“salary”)
• nekearen nekez (“due to great fatigue”)
• nekepe
• neketan
• neketasun
• neketsu
• neketxo
• nekez
• nekez bada nekez
• nekezia
• nekezka
• nekezko

 

Further reading

• “neke”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “neke”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Lindu

Noun

neke

1. portion

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *neke (“to be carried by water, to float, to drift”). Doublet of nekeneke.

Verb

neke

1. to shift, to move slightly
2. to indent (of text)

Noun

neke

1. roller for a waka

Derived terms

• neneke (“to vibrate”)
• nekeneke (“to gradually move”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English snake.

Noun

neke

1. snake

See also

• nākahi

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “neke”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 256
• “neke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Noun

neke

1. Alternative form of nekke

Northern Kurdish

Verb

neke

1. inflection of kirin:
   1. third-person singular negative future
   2. second-person singular negative imperative

Phuthi

Etymology

From Afrikaans nege.

Relative

-néke

1. nine

Inflection

Relative concord
	Modifier	Copulative
1st singular	legineke	gineke
2nd singular	loneke	uneke
1st plural	lesineke	sineke
2nd plural	lelineke	lineke
Class 1	loneke	uneke
Class 2	labaneke	baneke
Class 3	loneke	uneke
Class 4	leneke	ineke
Class 5	lelineke	lineke
Class 6	laneke	aneke
Class 7	lesineke	sineke
Class 8	letineke	tineke
Class 9	leneke	ineke
Class 10	letineke	tineke
Class 14	lobuneke	buneke
Class 15	lokuneke	kuneke
Class 17	lokuneke	kuneke