sekmek
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سكمك (sekmek, “to hop, hobble along, ricochet”), from Proto-Turkic *sēk- (“to jump”). Cognate with Azerbaijani səkmək (“to hop”), Chuvash сикме (sikme, “to jump”). Compare Hungarian szökik (“to hop”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]sekmek (third-person singular simple present seker)
- (intransitive) to bounce
- (intransitive) to hop
- (intransitive) to skip, jump lightly and quickly
- (intransitive) to ricochet; (for a stone) to skip (over water)
- (intransitive) to deviate, or be inconsistent
- (intransitive, figurative) to fail to occur properly or on time
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sekmek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “sekmek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sekmek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük