nek
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.
Noun
[edit]nek (plural neks)
- (geography, South Africa) A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
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Noun
[edit]nek (plural nekke)
Dutch
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
Noun
[edit]nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]nek
- inflection of nekken:
Anagrams
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin nec, used in identical fashion (nec...nec). Compare Italian né, French ni, Spanish ni.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Esperanto nek, Latin nec.
Pronunciation
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[edit]nek
Malay
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nek (Jawi spelling نيق, informal 1st possessive nekku, 2nd possessive nekmu, 3rd possessive neknya)
See also
[edit]- nenek (full)
Further reading
[edit]- “nek” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]nek
- Alternative form of nekke
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka or nekene)
References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka)
- a sheaf
- Synonym: kornband
- (derogatory) a simpleton
- the same as jolenek
References
[edit]- “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
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[edit]nek
Serbo-Croatian
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[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.
Particle
[edit]nek
Tok Pisin
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[edit]nek
Volapük
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[edit]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
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[edit]nek
References
[edit]- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
Yurok
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[edit]nek
- first person singular pronoun; I
- English terms borrowed from Afrikaans
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- English doublets
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- en:Geography
- South African English
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- af:Anatomy
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk/1 syllable
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Malay/ek
- Malay 1-syllable words
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- Malay nouns
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- ms:Family
- Middle English lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Swedish
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- Old Javanese lemmas
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- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
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- wuh:Animals
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