seka

See also: seka-, sekä, and sęka

Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French sec, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish seco, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese seco, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian secco, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin siccus, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Further similar Indo-European cognates include Welsh sych, Russian сухо́й (suxój), Lithuanian sausas and Hindi सूखा (sūkhā).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈseka/

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)

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Karao

Noun

seka

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

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Old Frisian

Etymology

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

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Phuthi

Verb

-séka

1. to cut

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sèstra.

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)

References

• “seka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Westrobothnian

Verb

1. To cut with blunt knife or other tool; cut gradually.
2. To work slowly, be slow, sluggish in movement; postpone, delay; is said in general about everything that goes sluggishly.

   Han gekk å seka fot óm fot.

   He walked slowly, foot by foot.

   Hon seka å spann

   She spun slowly.

   Han seka å tåggä.

   He chewed slowly.

3. To nag, early and often remind.

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Xhosa

Verb

-seka^?

1. (transitive) to establish

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.