neki

See also: nekî, néki, and neki-

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the otherwise unattested Proto-Hungarian *nek (“to/across/toward something”) +‎ -i (third-person possessive suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛki]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ki

Adverb

neki

  1. to/for him/her
    Ezt a könyvet neki vettem. ― I bought this book for her.
    Neki nincs testvére. ― He doesn't have any siblings.
    Semmit se mondott neki. ― She did not say anything to him.
    Virágot hozott neki. ― He brought her flowers.
Declension
Inflection of neki
person singular plural
1st nekem/énnekem nekünk/minekünk
2nd neked/teneked nektek/tinektek
3rd neki/őneki nekik/őnekik

Synonyms

See also

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *nəki. Compare Classical Nahuatl nequi (“to want”)

Pronunciation
  • (Izalco) IPA(key): /ˈneki/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ˈneɣi/

Verb

-neki

  1. (transitive) to want
    Inte tiknekit ma puliwi ne Nawat, yajika timumachtiat
    We don't want Nawat to disappear, that's why we're learning (it)
  2. (transitive) to love
    Nimetzneki
    I love you
  3. (reflexive) to need, to be necessary
    Tejemet inte timunekit taja, tey né titechchiwilijtuk
    We don't need you after what you did to us

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

ne- +‎ Proto-Slavic *kъjь

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nêkiː/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ki

Pronoun

nȅkī (Cyrillic spelling не̏кӣ)

  1. (generally with countable nouns) some
    neki ljudi čekaju ― some people are waiting
    u neku ruku ― in some way
    neko vr(ij)eme ― for some time
    Vidio sam nekog lika pred tvojom kućom. ― I saw some bloke in front of your house.
  2. (in the plural, without a noun, substantively) some (people), people
    neki to vole žestoko ― some like it hard
    neki su mi rekli da je dosadan ― some people told me that he's boring
  3. (with genitive) some, approximately, around
    nekih sat vremena sam čitao knjigu ― I was reading the book for around an hour
    nekih pola sata ― around half an hour
    nekih 30 ljudi ― about 30 people
  4. some, certain
    do neke m(j)ere ― to a certain extent

Declension
Declension of neki
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative nȅkī nȅkā nȅkō
genitive nekog(a) neke nekog(a)
dative nekom(u/e) nekoj nekom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 neki
nekog(a)		 neku neko
vocative — — —
locative nekom(u/e) nekoj nekom(u/e)
instrumental nekim(e) nekom nekim(e)
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative neki neke neka
genitive nekih nekih nekih
dative nekim nekim nekim
accusative neke neke neka
vocative — — —
locative nekim nekim nekim
instrumental nekim nekim nekim

Synonyms
  • (some): nešto (with uncountable nouns)

References
  • “neki” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Noun

neki

  1. throat
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