wek

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Verb

wek

1. inflection of wekken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Ishkashimi

Noun

wek

1. water

References

• English-Ishkashmi-Zebaki-Wakhi-Yazghulami Vocabulary

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Several possibilities, which one is true is uncertain. Perhaps from ew + -ek (lit. "an it") or we + -ek (lit. "a so") or from "ew e ku" ("it is that") or from we + ku ("so that"). For the last two compare nek from ne ku ("unless"; lit. "not that"). Compare Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”) which seems to rule out a few of these with the -û-, but it's possible it is loaned from Northern Kurdish. Dialectally used in the same way the -ek suffix is used (wekî, weke, weka, etc.).

Preposition

wek

1. as
2. similar to, resembling

Conjunction

wek

1. while

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

Adjective

wēk

1. pliant
2. weak

Declension

Positive forms of wēk

Strong declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	wēk	wēke, wēka	wēk	wēka	wēk	wēk, wēka
accusative	wēkan, wēken	wēka, wēke	wēka	wēka	wēk	wēk, wēka
genitive	wēkes, wēkas	wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero	wēkara, wēkaro	wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero	wēkes, wēkas	wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero
dative	wēkumu, wēkum, wēkun, wēkun, wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkun, wēkon, wēkum	wēkaro, wēkaru, wēkara	wēkun, wēkon	wēkumu, wēkum, wēkun, wēkun, wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkun, wēkon, wēkum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	wēko, wēka	wēkon, wēkun	wēka, wēke	wēkon, wēkun, wēkan	wēka, wēke	wēkon, wēkun
accusative	wēkon, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun	wēkun, wēkon, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun, wēkan	wēka, wēke	wēkon, wēkun
genitive	wēken, wēkan	wēkono, wēkeno	wēkun, wēkan, wēken	wēkono	wēken, wēkan	wēkono, wēkeno
dative	wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun	wēkun, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun	wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *wek, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“voice”), from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Compare Tocharian A wak.

Noun

wek m

1. voice, noise

See also

• vek