neki

See also: nekî, néki, and neki-

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• néki (dialectal)

Etymology

Lexicalization of the otherwise unattested Proto-Hungarian *nek (“to/across/toward something”) +‎ -i (third-person possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛki]

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• Hyphenation: ne‧ki

Pronoun

neki

1. to/for him/her

   Synonyms: számára, részére, (only in certain senses) javára

   Ezt a könyvet neki vettem. ― I bought this book for her.

   Neki nincs testvére. ― He doesn't have any siblings.

   Semmit se mondott neki. ― She did not say anything to him.

   Virágot hozott neki. ― He brought her flowers.

Declension

Inflection of neki person singular plural 1st nekem/énnekem nekünk/minekünk 2nd neked/teneked nektek/tinektek 3rd neki/őneki nekik/őnekik

See also

• -nak/-nek
• Appendix:Hungarian pronouns

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Pipil

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Nahuan *nəki. Compare Classical Nahuatl nequi (“to want”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneki/
• IPA^(key): /ˈneɣi/

Verb

-neki

1. (transitive) to want

   Inte tiknekit ma puliwi ne Nawat, yajika timumachtiat

   We don't want Nawat to disappear, that's why we're learning (it)

2. (transitive) to love

   Nimetzneki

   I love you

3. (reflexive) to need, to be necessary

   Tejemet inte timunekit taja, tey né titechchiwilijtuk

   We don't need you after what you did to us

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• nȅkojī

Etymology

ne- +‎ (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *kъjь

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêkiː/
• Hyphenation: ne‧ki

Pronoun

nȅkī (Cyrillic spelling не̏кӣ)

1. (generally with countable nouns) some

   neki ljudi čekaju ― some people are waiting

   u neku ruku ― in some way

   neko vr(ij)eme ― for some time

   Vidio sam nekog lika pred tvojom kućom. ― I saw some bloke in front of your house.

2. (in the plural, without a noun, substantively) some (people), people

   neki to vole žestoko ― some like it hard

   neki su mi rekli da je dosadan ― some people told me that he's boring

3. (with genitive) some, approximately, around

   nekih sat vremena sam čitao knjigu ― I was reading the book for around an hour

   nekih pola sata ― around half an hour

   nekih 30 ljudi ― about 30 people

4. some, certain

   do neke m(j)ere ― to a certain extent

Declension

Declension of neki

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		nȅkī	nȅkā	nȅkō
genitive		nekog(a)	neke	nekog(a)
dative		nekom(u/e)	nekoj	nekom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	neki nekog(a)	neku	neko
vocative		—	—	—
locative		nekom(u/e)	nekoj	nekom(u/e)
instrumental		nekim(e)	nekom	nekim(e)
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		neki	neke	neka
genitive		nekih	nekih	nekih
dative		nekim	nekim	nekim
accusative		neke	neke	neka
vocative		—	—	—
locative		nekim	nekim	nekim
instrumental		nekim	nekim	nekim

Synonyms

• (some): nešto (with uncountable nouns)

References

• “neki” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “English neck or Dutch nek?”)

Noun

neki

1. throat