teke

'Are'are

Verb

teke

1. to fall

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Estonian

Etymology

From tekkima +‎ -e

Noun

teke (genitive tekke, partitive teket)

1. creation, origin, birth

   Esimeste linnade teke.

   The birth of the first cities.

Declension

Declension of teke (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teke	tekked
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tekke
genitive			tekete
partitive		teket	tekkeid
illative		tekkesse	teketesse tekkeisse
inessive		tekkes	teketes tekkeis
elative		tekkest	teketest tekkeist
allative		tekkele	teketele tekkeile
adessive		tekkel	teketel tekkeil
ablative		tekkelt	teketelt tekkeilt
translative		tekkeks	teketeks tekkeiks
terminative		tekkeni	teketeni
essive		tekkena	teketena
abessive		tekketa	teketeta
comitative		tekkega	teketega

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkɛ]
• Hyphenation: te‧ke

Noun

teke (plural tekék)

1. ball, sphere, bowl

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	teke	tekék
accusative	tekét	tekéket
dative	tekének	tekéknek
instrumental	tekével	tekékkel
causal-final	tekéért	tekékért
translative	tekévé	tekékké
terminative	tekéig	tekékig
essive-formal	tekeként	tekékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tekében	tekékben
superessive	tekén	tekéken
adessive	tekénél	tekéknél
illative	tekébe	tekékbe
sublative	tekére	tekékre
allative	tekéhez	tekékhez
elative	tekéből	tekékből
delative	tekéről	tekékről
ablative	tekétől	tekéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	tekéé	tekéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tekééi	tekékéi

Possessive forms of teke
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tekém	tekéim
2nd person sing.	tekéd	tekéid
3rd person sing.	tekéje	tekéi
1st person plural	tekénk	tekéink
2nd person plural	tekétek	tekéitek
3rd person plural	tekéjük	tekéik

Derived terms

• tekézik

(Compound words):

• földteke
• félteke
• agyfélteke

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛkʲɛ/

Adverb

teke

1. also
   • 2007-04-04, Adelheid Dawmowa, “Serbska namša swěśi se w Picnju”, Nowy Casnik vol 59, no. 14, p. 1:

     Zagronita za serbske nastupnosći pśi Chóśebuskem měsćańskem zastojnstwje a cłonk źěłoweje kupki „Serbska namša” cyta teke epistel.

     The woman responsible for Sorbian affairs at the Cottbus city authority and officer of the work group “Sorbian worship service” also reads the epistle.

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “tek”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “teke”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

teke

1. (deprecated template usage) past participle of ta and taka

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Swahili

Noun

teke (ma class, plural mateke)

1. a kick (a strike with the foot)

Adjective

-teke (declinable)

1. soft, flabby, flaccid, compliant

Declension

Inflected forms of -teke

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mteke	wateke
m-mi class(III/IV)	mteke	miteke
ji-ma class(V/VI)	teke	mateke
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kiteke	viteke
n class(IX/X)	teke	teke
u class(XI)	mteke	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pateke
ku class(XVII)	kuteke
mu class(XVIII)	muteke

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Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Turkic teke, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Turkic.

Noun

teke

1. he-goat