enke

== Creek == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *ilmkʷi. Cognate to Chickasaw ilbuk, ilbak. === Pronunciation === (Oklahoma) IPA(key): [ɪ́ŋɡi] Hyphenation: en‧ke === Noun === enke his/her hand ==== Declension ==== === References === J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 28 J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134 == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), from Old Norse (east) *enkja, (west) ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, cognate with Swedish änka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnkə/, [ˈɛŋɡ̊ə] === Noun === enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker) widow ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Noun === enke alternative form of ynke == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), Old East Norse variant of Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ. === Noun === enke f or m (definite singular enka or enken, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene) a widow (woman whose husband has died) (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow ==== Antonyms ==== enkemann === References === “enke” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === enkje Enkja (Ivar Aaasen) ekkje, ekkja (Sogn, Valdres, Telemark) === Etymology === From Old Norse ekkja (“widow”), via Danish enke. === Noun === enke f (definite singular enka, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene) widow (a woman whose husband has died) (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow ==== Antonyms ==== enkemann === References === “enke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “enke” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Old French == === Noun === enke oblique singular, m (oblique plural enkes, nominative singular enkes, nominative plural enke) alternative form of enque