seka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "seka"

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ka/

Verb

-seka (infinitive kuséka)

1. laugh

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -sekera
  • Causative: -seketsa
  • Negative: -saseka
  • Reduplicative: -sekaseka
  • Repetitive: -sekanso

Esperanto

Etymology

From French sec and Italian secco, both from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Indo-European cognates include Welsh sych, Russian сухо́й (suxój), Lithuanian sausas, Hindi सूखा (sūkhā).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈseka/
• Rhymes: -eka
• Hyphenation: se‧ka

Adjective

seka (accusative singular sekan, plural sekaj, accusative plural sekajn)

1. dry
   • 1999, Anna Löwenstein, La ŝtona urbo, Antwerp: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     Ni portis eksteren garbojn da pajlo kaj kovris nin per feloj, sub kiuj ni restis sufiĉe varmaj kaj sekaj.

     He carried out sheaves of straw and covered us with pelts, under which we stayed warm and dry enough.

Antonyms

• malseka

Derived terms

• sekeco (“dryness”)
• sekega (“very dry”)
• seketa (“slightly dry”)
• sekigi (“to dry”, transitive verb)
• sekiĝi (“to dry off”, intransitive verb)

Gungu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cèka (“to laugh”).

Verb

-seka (infinitive kuseka)

1. to laugh

Derived terms

• -sekwa (“to be mocked”)
• -seka na maliga (“to laugh until you cry”)
• nseku (“laughter”)

References

• Ntongoli̱ gya Lugungu‎^[1], Webonary.org, (Can we date this quote?)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Portuguese seca (“drying”), secar (“to dry”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, from siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Doublet of seko.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈseka/ [ˈse.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: se‧ka

Verb

séka (active menyeka, passive diseka)

1. to wipe

Derived terms

• berseka
• penyeka
• sekaan
• sekai
• sekakan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Balinese sekaa (“villagers' club, society”), from Old Javanese sakhā (“friend”), from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), सखि (sakhi, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈka/ [səˈka]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: se‧ka

Noun

sêka (plural seka-seka)

1. (dialectal) association (clarification of this definition is needed.)

Further reading

• “seka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Karao

Noun

seka

1. fuzzy-haired caterpillar (with either red or black hairs)

Kituba

Verb

seka

1. to laugh

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʲæ̌ː.kɐ/

Verb

sẽka

1. third-person singular/plural present of sekti

Luba-Kasai

Verb

seka

1. to laugh

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.

Verb

seka

1. to seek

Inflection

Conjugation of sēka (weak class 1)

infinitive	sēka
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	sēke	sēkde
2nd person singular	sēkest, sēkst	sēkdest
3rd person singular	sēketh, sēkth	sēkde
plural	sēkath	sēkden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	sēke	sēkde
plural	sēke, sēken	sēkde, sēkden
imperative	present
singular	sēke
plural	sēkath
participle	present	past
	sēkande	esēked, sēked

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: säike
• West Frisian: sykje

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• सेक (Devanagari script)
• সেক (Bengali script)
• සෙක (Sinhalese script)
• သေက or သေၵ (Burmese script)
• เสก or เสกะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສກ or ເສກະ (Lao script)
• សេក (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

seka m

1. sprinkling

Declension

Declension table of "seka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	seko	sekā
Accusative (second)	sekaṃ	seke
Instrumental (third)	sekena	sekehi or sekebhi
Dative (fourth)	sekassa or sekāya or sekatthaṃ	sekānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sekasmā or sekamhā or sekā	sekehi or sekebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sekassa	sekānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sekasmiṃ or sekamhi or seke	sekesu
Vocative (calling)	seka	sekā

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 472.

Phuthi

Verb

-séka

1. to cut

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Verb

-seka (infinitive guseka, perfective -setse)

1. laugh, smile

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sèstra (“sister”) +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěːka/
• Hyphenation: se‧ka

Noun

séka f (Cyrillic spelling се́ка)

1. (informal) sis (an affectionate term for a sister or female cousin)

   Synonym: séja

Descendants

• → Romanian: seca (regional)

References

• “seka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Verb

-seka (infinitive kuseka)

1. laugh (at)

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /séka/

Verb

-seka (infinitive okuseka) (ambitransitive)

1. to laugh (at)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -seka

infinitives affirmative okuseka negative okutaseka imperatives affirmative seka negative (see second-person negative subjunctive forms) tense polarity basic forms relative forms1 present habitual affirmative subject concord + -seka person noun class singular plural first person nseka tuseka second person oseka museka third person 1/2 aseka baseka 3/4 guseka eseka 5/6 liseka gaseka 7/8 kiseka biseka 9/10 eseka ziseka 11/10 ruseka 12/14 kaseka buseka 13 — tuseka 14/6 buseka gaseka 15/6 kuseka 16 haseka — negative ti- + subject concord + -seka person noun class singular plural first person tinseka tituseka second person toseka timuseka third person 1/2 taseka tibaseka 3/4 tiguseka teseka 5/6 tiriseka tigaseka 7/8 tikiseka tibiseka 9/10 teseka tiziseka 11/10 tiruseka 12/14 tikaseka tibuseka 13 — tituseka 14/6 tibuseka tigaseka 15/6 tikuseka 16 tihaseka — subject concord + -taseka present continuous affirmative ni- + subject concord + -seka person noun class singular plural first person ninseka nituseka second person nooseka nimuseka third person 1/2 naaseka nibaseka 3/4 niguseka neeseka 5/6 niriseka nigaseka 7/8 nikiseka nibiseka 9/10 neeseka niziseka 11/10 niruseka 12/14 nikaseka nibuseka 13 — nituseka 14/6 nibuseka nigaseka 15/6 nikuseka 16 nihaseka — subject concord + -rukuseka negative ti- + subject concord + -rukuseka person noun class singular plural first person tindukuseka titurukuseka second person torukuseka timurukuseka third person 1/2 tarukuseka tibarukuseka 3/4 tigurukuseka terukuseka 5/6 tirirukuseka tigarukuseka 7/8 tikirukuseka tibirukuseka 9/10 terukuseka tizirukuseka 11/10 tirurukuseka 12/14 tikarukuseka tiburukuseka 13 — titurukuseka 14/6 tiburukuseka tigarukuseka 15/6 tikurukuseka 16 tiharukuseka — subject concord + -tarukuseka present continuative affirmative ni- + subject concord + -kyaseka person noun class singular plural first person ninkyaseka nitukyaseka second person nookyaseka nimukyaseka third person 1/2 naakyaseka nibakyaseka 3/4 nigukyaseka neekyaseka 5/6 nirikyaseka nigakyaseka 7/8 nikikyaseka nibikyaseka 9/10 neekyaseka nizikyaseka 11/10 nirukyaseka 12/14 nikakyaseka nibukyaseka 13 — nitukyaseka 14/6 nibukyaseka nigakyaseka 15/6 nikukyaseka 16 nihakyaseka — subject concord + -rukukyaseka negative ti- + subject concord + -kyaseka person noun class singular plural first person tinkyaseka titukyaseka second person tokyaseka timukyaseka third person 1/2 takyaseka tibakyaseka 3/4 tigukyaseka tekyaseka 5/6 tirikyaseka tigakyaseka 7/8 tikikyaseka tibikyaseka 9/10 tekyaseka tizikyaseka 11/10 tirukyaseka 12/14 tikakyaseka tibukyaseka 13 — titukyaseka 14/6 tibukyaseka tigakyaseka 15/6 tikukyaseka 16 tihakyaseka — subject concord + -takyaseka virtual present affirmative subject concord + -aseka person noun class singular plural first person naseka twaseka second person waseka mwaseka third person 1/2 yaseka baaseka 3/4 gwaseka yaseka 5/6 lyaseka gaaseka 7/8 kyaseka byaseka 9/10 yaseka zaaseka 11/10 rwaseka 12/14 kaaseka bwaseka 13 — twaseka 14/6 bwaseka gaaseka 15/6 kwaseka 16 haaseka — negative ti- + subject concord + aseka person noun class singular plural first person tinaseka titwaseka second person tiwaseka timwaseka third person 1/2 tiyaseka tibaaseka 3/4 tigwaseka tiyaseka 5/6 tiryaseka tigaaseka 7/8 tikyaseka tibyaseka 9/10 tiyaseka tizaaseka 11/10 tirwaseka 12/14 tikaaseka tibwaseka 13 — titwaseka 14/6 tibwaseka tigaaseka 15/6 tikwaseka 16 tihaaseka — subject concord + -taaseka present perfect affirmative subject concord + -sekere person noun class singular plural first person nsekere tusekere second person osekere musekere third person 1/2 asekere basekere 3/4 gusekere esekere 5/6 lisekere gasekere 7/8 kisekere bisekere 9/10 esekere zisekere 11/10 rusekere 12/14 kasekere busekere 13 — tusekere 14/6 busekere gasekere 15/6 kusekere 16 hasekere — negative ti- + subject concord + -sekere person noun class singular plural first person tinsekere titusekere second person tosekere timusekere third person 1/2 tasekere tibasekere 3/4 tigusekere tesekere 5/6 tirisekere tigasekere 7/8 tikisekere tibisekere 9/10 tesekere tizisekere 11/10 tirusekere 12/14 tikasekere tibusekere 13 — titusekere 14/6 tibusekere tigasekere 15/6 tikusekere 16 tihasekere — subject concord + -tasekere near perfective affirmative subject concord + -akaseka person noun class singular plural first person nakaseka twakaseka second person wakaseka mwakaseka third person 1/2 yakaseka baakaseka 3/4 gwakaseka yakaseka 5/6 lyakaseka gaakaseka 7/8 kyakaseka byakaseka 9/10 yakaseka zaakaseka 11/10 rwakaseka 12/14 kaakaseka bwakaseka 13 — twakaseka 14/6 bwakaseka gaakaseka 15/6 kwakaseka 16 haakaseka — negative ti- + subject concord + -kasekere person noun class singular plural first person tinkasekere titukasekere second person tokasekere timukasekere third person 1/2 takasekere tibakasekere 3/4 tigukasekere tekasekere 5/6 tirikasekere tigakasekere 7/8 tikikasekere tibikasekere 9/10 tekasekere tizikasekere 11/10 tirukasekere 12/14 tikakasekere tibukasekere 13 — titukasekere 14/6 tibukasekere tigakasekere 15/6 tikukasekere 16 tihakasekere — subject concord + -takasekere near past affirmative subject concord + -sekerege person noun class singular plural first person nsekerege tusekerege second person osekerege musekerege third person 1/2 asekerege basekerege 3/4 gusekerege esekerege 5/6 lisekerege gasekerege 7/8 kisekerege bisekerege 9/10 esekerege zisekerege 11/10 rusekerege 12/14 kasekerege busekerege 13 — tusekerege 14/6 busekerege gasekerege 15/6 kusekerege 16 hasekerege — negative ti- + subject concord + -sekerege person noun class singular plural first person tinsekerege titusekerege second person tosekerege timusekerege third person 1/2 tasekerege tibasekerege 3/4 tigusekerege tesekerege 5/6 tirisekerege tigasekerege 7/8 tikisekerege tibisekerege 9/10 tesekerege tizisekerege 11/10 tirusekerege 12/14 tikasekerege tibusekerege 13 — titusekerege 14/6 tibusekerege tigasekerege 15/6 tikusekerege 16 tihasekerege — subject concord + -tasekerege remote past affirmative subject concord + -kaseka person noun class singular plural first person nkaseka tukaseka second person okaseka mukaseka third person 1/2 akaseka bakaseka 3/4 gukaseka ekaseka 5/6 likaseka gakaseka 7/8 kikaseka bikaseka 9/10 ekaseka zikaseka 11/10 rukaseka 12/14 kakaseka bukaseka 13 — tukaseka 14/6 bukaseka gakaseka 15/6 kukaseka 16 hakaseka — subject concord + -asekere negative subject concord + -taseke person noun class singular plural first person ntaseke tutaseke second person otaseke mutaseke third person 1/2 ataseke bataseke 3/4 gutaseke etaseke 5/6 litaseke gataseke 7/8 kitaseke bitaseke 9/10 etaseke ziitaseke 11/10 rutaseke 12/14 kataseke butaseke 13 — tutaseke 14/6 butaseke gataseke 15/6 kutaseke 16 hataseke — subject concord + -tarasekere experiential perfective affirmative subject concord + -rasekere person noun class singular plural first person ndasekere turasekere second person orasekere murasekere third person 1/2 arasekere barasekere 3/4 gurasekere erasekere 5/6 lirasekere garasekere 7/8 kirasekere birasekere 9/10 erasekere zirasekere 11/10 rurasekere 12/14 karasekere burasekere 13 — turasekere 14/6 burasekere garasekere 15/6 kurasekere 16 harasekere — negative ti- + subject concord + -kasekaga person noun class singular plural first person tinkasekaga titukasekaga second person tokasekaga timukasekaga third person 1/2 takasekaga tibakasekaga 3/4 tigukasekaga tekasekaga 5/6 tirikasekaga tigakasekaga 7/8 tikikasekaga tibikasekaga 9/10 tekasekaga tizikasekaga 11/10 tirukasekaga 12/14 tikakasekaga tibukasekaga 13 — titukasekaga 14/6 tibukasekaga tigakasekaga 15/6 tikukasekaga 16 tihakasekaga — subject concord + -takasekaga cessative perfective affirmative subject concord + -aasekere person noun class singular plural first person naasekere twasekere second person waasekere mwasekere third person 1/2 yaasekere baasekere 3/4 gwasekere yaasekere 5/6 lyasekere gaasekere 7/8 kyasekere byasekere 9/10 yaasekere zaasekere 11/10 rwasekere 12/14 kaasekere bwasekere 13 — twasekere 14/6 bwasekere gaasekere 15/6 kwasekere 16 haasekere — past habitual affirmative subject concord + -asekaga person noun class singular plural first person nasekaga twasekaga second person wasekaga mwasekaga third person 1/2 yasekaga baasekaga 3/4 gwasekaga yasekaga 5/6 lyasekaga gaasekaga 7/8 kyasekaga byasekaga 9/10 yasekaga zaasekaga 11/10 rwasekaga 12/14 kaasekaga bwasekaga 13 — twasekaga 14/6 bwasekaga gaasekaga 15/6 kwasekaga 16 haasekaga — negative ti- + subject concord + asekaga person noun class singular plural first person tinasekaga titwasekaga second person tiwasekaga timwasekaga third person 1/2 tiyasekaga tibaasekaga 3/4 tigwasekaga tiyasekaga 5/6 tiryasekaga tigaasekaga 7/8 tikyasekaga tibyasekaga 9/10 tiyasekaga tizaasekaga 11/10 tirwasekaga 12/14 tikaasekaga tibwasekaga 13 — titwasekaga 14/6 tibwasekaga tigaasekaga 15/6 tikwasekaga 16 tihaasekaga — subject concord + -taasekaga near future affirmative subject concord + -raaseka person noun class singular plural first person ndaaseka turaaseka second person oraaseka muraaseka third person 1/2 araaseka baraaseka 3/4 guraaseka eraaseka 5/6 liraaseka garaaseka 7/8 kiraaseka biraaseka 9/10 eraaseka ziraaseka 11/10 ruraaseka 12/14 karaaseka buraaseka 13 — turaaseka 14/6 buraaseka garaaseka 15/6 kuraaseka 16 haraaseka — negative ti- + subject concord + -aaseke person noun class singular plural first person tinaaseke titwaseke second person tiwaaseke timwaseke third person 1/2 tiyaaseke tibaaseke 3/4 tigwaseke tiyaaseke 5/6 tiryaseke tigaaseke 7/8 tikyaseke tibyaseke 9/10 tiyaaseke tizaaseke 11/10 tirwaseke 12/14 tikaaseke tibwaseke 13 — titwaseke 14/6 tibwaseke tigaaseke 15/6 tikwaseke 16 tihaaseke — subject concord + -taaseke remote future affirmative subject concord + -liseka person noun class singular plural first person ndiseka tuliseka second person oliseka muliseka third person 1/2 aliseka baliseka 3/4 guliseka eriseka 5/6 liriseka galiseka 7/8 kiriseka biriseka 9/10 eriseka ziriseka 11/10 ruliseka 12/14 kaliseka buliseka 13 — tuliseka 14/6 buliseka galiseka 15/6 kuliseka 16 haliseka — negative ti- + subject concord + -liseka person noun class singular plural first person tindiseka tituliseka second person toliseka timuliseka third person 1/2 taliseka tibaliseka 3/4 tiguliseka teriseka 5/6 tiririseka tigaliseka 7/8 tikiriseka tibiriseka 9/10 teriseka tiziriseka 11/10 tiruliseka 12/14 tikaliseka tibuliseka 13 — tituliseka 14/6 tibuliseka tigaliseka 15/6 tikuliseka 16 tihaliseka — subject concord + -taliseka future habitual affirmative subject concord + -raasekaga person noun class singular plural first person ndaasekaga turaasekaga second person oraasekaga muraasekaga third person 1/2 araasekaga baraasekaga 3/4 guraasekaga eraasekaga 5/6 liraasekaga garaasekaga 7/8 kiraasekaga biraasekaga 9/10 eraasekaga ziraasekaga 11/10 ruraasekaga 12/14 karaasekaga buraasekaga 13 — turaasekaga 14/6 buraasekaga garaasekaga 15/6 kuraasekaga 16 haraasekaga — negative ti- + subject concord + -aasekege person noun class singular plural first person tinaasekege titwasekege second person tiwaasekege timwasekege third person 1/2 tiyaasekege tibaasekege 3/4 tigwasekege tiyaasekege 5/6 tiryasekege tigaasekege 7/8 tikyasekege tibyasekege 9/10 tiyaasekege tizaasekege 11/10 tirwasekege 12/14 tikaasekege tibwasekege 13 — titwasekege 14/6 tibwasekege tigaasekege 15/6 tikwasekege 16 tihaasekege — subject concord + -taasekege subjunctive affirmative subject concord + seke person noun class singular plural first person nseke tuseke second person oseke museke third person 1/2 aseke baseke 3/4 guseke eseke 5/6 liseke gaseke 7/8 kiseke biseke 9/10 eseke ziseke 11/10 ruseke 12/14 kaseke buseke 13 — tuseke 14/6 buseke gaseke 15/6 kuseke 16 haseke — negative subject concord + -taseka person noun class singular plural first person ntaseka tutaseka second person otaseka mutaseka third person 1/2 ataseka bataseka 3/4 gutaseka etaseka 5/6 litaseka gataseka 7/8 kitaseka bitaseka 9/10 etaseka zitaseka 11/10 rutaseka 12/14 kataseka butaseka 13 — tutaseka 14/6 butaseka gataseka 15/6 kutaseka 16 hataseka — — subjunctive habitual affirmative subject concord + sekege person noun class singular plural first person nsekege tusekege second person osekege musekege third person 1/2 asekege basekege 3/4 gusekege esekege 5/6 lisekege gasekege 7/8 kisekege bisekege 9/10 esekege zisekege 11/10 rusekege 12/14 kasekege busekege 13 — tusekege 14/6 busekege gasekege 15/6 kusekege 16 hasekege — hypothetical affirmative subject concord + -aakuseka person noun class singular plural first person naakuseka twakuseka second person waakuseka mwakuseka third person 1/2 yaakuseka baakuseka 3/4 gwakuseka yaakuseka 5/6 lyakuseka gaakuseka 7/8 kyakuseka byakuseka 9/10 yaakuseka zaakuseka 11/10 rwakuseka 12/14 kaakuseka bwakuseka 13 — twakuseka 14/6 bwakuseka gaakuseka 15/6 kwakuseka 16 haakuseka — negative ti- + subject concord + -aakuseka person noun class singular plural first person tinaakuseka titwakuseka second person tiwaakuseka timwakuseka third person 1/2 tiyaakuseka tibaakuseka 3/4 tigwakuseka tiyaakuseka 5/6 tiryakuseka tigaakuseka 7/8 tikyakuseka tibyakuseka 9/10 tiyaakuseka tizaakuseka 11/10 tirwakuseka 12/14 tikaakuseka tibwakuseka 13 — titwakuseka 14/6 tibwakuseka tigaakuseka 15/6 tikwakuseka 16 tihaakuseka — subject concord + -taakuseka conditional affirmative subject concord + -aakusekere person noun class singular plural first person naakusekere twakusekere second person waakusekere mwakusekere third person 1/2 yaakusekere baakusekere 3/4 gwakusekere yaakusekere 5/6 lyakusekere gaakusekere 7/8 kyakusekere byakusekere 9/10 yaakusekere zaakusekere 11/10 rwakusekere 12/14 kaakusekere bwakusekere 13 — twakusekere 14/6 bwakusekere gaakusekere 15/6 kwakusekere 16 haakusekere — negative ti- + subject concord + -aakusekere person noun class singular plural first person tinaakusekere titwakusekere second person tiwaakusekere timwakusekere third person 1/2 tiyaakusekere tibaakusekere 3/4 tigwakusekere tiyaakusekere 5/6 tiryakusekere tigaakusekere 7/8 tikyakusekere tibyakusekere 9/10 tiyaakusekere tizaakusekere 11/10 tirwakusekere 12/14 tikaakusekere tibwakusekere 13 — titwakusekere 14/6 tibwakusekere tigaakusekere 15/6 tikwakusekere 16 tihaakusekere — subject concord + -taakusekere object concords person noun class singular plural first person -nseka -tuseka second person -kuseka -baseka third person 1/2 -museka 3/4 -guseka -giseka 5/6 -liseka -gaseka 7/8 -kiseka -biseka 9/10 -giseka -ziseka 11/10 -ruseka 12/14 -kaseka -buseka 13 — -tuseka 14/6 -buseka -gaseka 15/6 -kuseka 16 -haseka —

¹ The forms in this column are reduced relative forms; full relative forms require an augment before the subject concord.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -sekera
  • Long causative: -sekesa
  • Passive: -sekwa
  • Long repetitive: -sekeereza

• Nominal derivations:
  • enseko (“laughter”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 243
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[3], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 359

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Verb

-seka (infinitive kuseka)

1. laugh

Xhosa

Verb

-seka^?

1. (transitive) to establish

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zigula

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cèka (“to laugh - zone G”).

Verb

-seka (infinitive kuseka)

1. to laugh

Derived terms

• -sekera (“to smile at someone”)
• -sekeza (“to make laugh”)
• -sekanya (“to laugh together”)
• -sekana (“to laugh at each other”)
• -sekesa (“to laugh a lot”)

References

• Chizigula of Somalia Dictionary‎^[4], SIL International, 2020