seken

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Chuukese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English second.

Noun

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seken

  1. second (unit of time)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Partial phrase borrowing from English secondhand, using only the first word (second).

Adjective

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seken

  1. secondhand

Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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seken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of せけん


Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English sēċan, From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.

Verb

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seken (third-person singular simple present seketh, present participle sekende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sought)

  1. to seek
    • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-14.
      Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
      And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
      To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
      Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
      And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
      To distant shrines well known in distant lands.

Descendants

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  • English: seek, seech (Lancashire and other dialects)
  • Scots: seek
  • Yola: zeek

References

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Turkish

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Verb

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seken

  1. present participle of sekmek