neki

== Hungarian == === Alternative forms === néki (dialectal) === Etymology === Lexicalization of the otherwise unattested Proto-Hungarian *nek (“to/across/toward something”) +‎ -i (third-person possessive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnɛki] Hyphenation: ne‧ki Rhymes: -ki === Pronoun === neki to/for him/her Synonyms: számára, részére, (only in certain senses) javára Ezt a könyvet neki vettem. ― I bought this book for her. Semmit se mondott neki. ― She did not say anything to him. Virágot hozott neki. ― He brought her flowers. (Neki) nincs testvére. ― S/he doesn’t have any siblings. (literally, “(For him/her) there is no his/her-sibling.”) ==== Usage notes ==== This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with neki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see neki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes. ==== Declension ==== === See also === -nak / -nek Appendix:Hungarian pronouns === References === === Further reading === neki in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Pipil == === Etymology === From Proto-Nahuan *nəki. Compare Classical Nahuatl nequi (“to want”). === Pronunciation === (Izalco) IPA(key): /ˈneki/ (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ˈneɣi/ === Verb === -neki (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). (transitive) to love Nimetzneki. ― I love you. (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 === nȅkojī === Etymology === From ne- + Proto-Slavic *kъjь. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nêkiː/ Hyphenation: ne‧ki === Pronoun === nȅkī ? (Cyrillic spelling не̏кӣ) (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. (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 (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 some, certain do neke m(j)ere ― to a certain extent ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (some): nešto (with uncountable nouns) (some): poneki === References === “neki”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From English neck or Dutch nek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ne.ci/ === Noun === neki neck throat Synonym: inineki ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Aukan: neki === References === Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “neki”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary