tek

See also: Tek, -tek, and -ték

Albanian

Alternative forms

• te

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *tai ̊, from *te ku (< toi- kwu-) ‘there where’, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Also occurs as a preposition with the meaning ‘ad, apud, prope, versus’.

Adverb

tek

1. (over) there, where

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Breton

Numeral

tek

1. Hard mutation of dek.

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Choctaw

Noun

tek

1. female, "she"

Adjective

tek

1. female, "she-"

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Icelandic

Verb

1. first-person singular active present indicative of taka

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Italian

Noun

tek m (uncountable)

1. teak

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Jamaican Creole

Verb

tek

1. take

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of tek – see 竹 (“bamboo; musical instrument made of bamboo; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 竹).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tek

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of ta and taka

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tekъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têk/

Adverb

tȅk (Cyrillic spelling те̏к)

1. only, only just, hardly, barely

   Tek svega par je preživjelo katastrofu. ― Only a couple of people survived the catastrophe.

2. yet, still

   Pregovori se tek trebaju održati. ― Negotiations have yet to take place.

See also

• samo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *tękъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têːk/

Noun

tȇk m (Cyrillic spelling те̑к)

1. appetite
2. taste, flavour

Declension

Declension of tek

	singular
nominative	tek
genitive	teka
dative	teku
accusative	tek
vocative	teče
locative	teku
instrumental	tekom

Derived terms

• dobar tek

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /téːk/

Noun

tẹ̑k m inan

1. run, flow
2. appetite

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ték
gen. sing.	téka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ték	téka	téki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	téka	tékov	tékov
dative (dajȃlnik)	téku	tékoma	tékom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ték	téka	téke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	téku	tékih	tékih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tékom	tékoma	téki

Synonyms

• apetít

Derived terms

• dober tek

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Turkish

Adjective

tek

1. single, sole
2. unique

See also

• tek tek

Descendants

• Armenian: թաք (tʻakʻ)
• Persian: تک (tak)