neka

See also: nekā, nęka, and нека

Maltese

Root
n-k-j
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَكَى (nakā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ka/

Verb

neka (imperfect jinki, past participle minki, verbal noun nkejja)

1. to tease, to annoy, to spite

Conjugation

Conjugation of neka
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nkejt	nkejt	neka		nkejna	nkejtu	nkew
	f			nkiet
imperfect	m	ninki	tinki	jinki		ninku	tinku	jinku
	f			tinki
imperative			inki				inku

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• नेक (Devanagari script)
• নেক (Bengali script)
• නෙක (Sinhalese script)
• နေက or ၼေၵ (Burmese script)
• เนก or เนกะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ເນກ or ເນກະ (Lao script)
• នេក (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Aphetic form of aneka

Adjective

neka

1. several
2. many

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “neka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Phuthi

Verb

-néka

1. to lay out
2. to hang up

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• nek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

Particle

nȅka (Cyrillic spelling не̏ка)

1. let, may

References

• “neka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-neka^?

1. to hang

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From nej (“no”), similar to jaka (“to say yes”). From Old Swedish neka, Norwegian neikka, Danish nege, applying a -k suffix to Icelandic nei and Old Swedish ne. This goes further back to Germanic nikon. There is also an additional -t suffix in Swedish dialectal näkta, south Swedish nejta, Danish nægte, Norwegian nekta.

Verb

neka (present nekar, preterite nekade, supine nekat, imperative neka)

1. to deny, to say no
   1. to assert that something is not true

      Mannen nekar till brott.

      The man denies the crime.

      Mannen nekade att han hade begått brottet.

      The man denied having committed the crime.

   2. (ditransitive) to disallow, to refuse to give someone something

      Jag blev nekad tillgång till min dator.

      I was denied access to my computer.

2. (transitive) to refuse (to do something)

   Många företag nekar att ta emot kontanter.

   Many companies refuse to accept cash.

Conjugation

Conjugation of neka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	neka		nekas
Supine	nekat		nekats
Imperative	neka		—
Imper. plural1	neken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	nekar	nekade	nekas	nekades
Ind. plural1	neka	nekade	nekas	nekades
Subjunctive2	neke	nekade	nekes	nekades
	Participles
Present participle	nekande
Past participle	nekad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• förneka
• nej
• nekan

References

• neka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ekan, enka