neki
See also: nekî, néki, and neki-
Hungarian
| Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ed | suffix | who? | what? | this | that | he/she (it)* | ||
| case | v. pr. | c. | ||||||
| nom. | – | ki | mi | ez | az | ő* / -∅ az / -∅ | – | – |
| acc. | -t / -ot / -at / -et / -öt | kit | mit | ezt | azt | őt* / -∅ azt / -∅ | – | c1 c2 |
| dat. | -nak / -nek | kinek | minek | ennek | annak | neki | neki- | c |
| ins. | -val / -vel | kivel | mivel | ezzel/ evvel | azzal/ avval | vele | c | |
| c-f. | -ért | kiért | miért | ezért | azért | érte | – | c |
| tra. | -vá / -vé | kivé | mivé | ezzé | azzá | – | – | c |
| ter. | -ig | – | meddig | eddig | addig | – | – | c |
| e-f. | -ként | (kiként) | (miként) | ekként | akként | – | – | c |
| e-m. | -ul / -ül | – | – | – | – | – | – | c |
| ine. | -ban / -ben | kiben | miben | ebben | abban | benne | – | c |
| sup. | -n/-on/-en/-ön | kin | min | ezen | azon | rajta | (rajta-) | c |
| ade. | -nál / -nél | kinél | minél | ennél | annál | nála | – | c |
| ill. | -ba / -be | kibe | mibe | ebbe | abba | bele | bele- | c |
| sub. | -ra / -re | kire | mire | erre | arra | rá | rá- | c |
| all. | -hoz/-hez/-höz | kihez | mihez | ehhez | ahhoz | hozzá | hozzá- | c |
| el. | -ból / -ből | kiből | miből | ebből | abból | belőle | – | c |
| del. | -ról / -ről | kiről | miről | erről | arról | róla | – | c |
| abl. | -tól / -től | kitől | mitől | ettől | attól | tőle | – | c |
| *: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All » | ||||||||
Alternative forms
- néki (dialectal)
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
- 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
Inflection of neki
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See also
- -nak / -nek
- Appendix:Hungarian pronouns
References
- neki in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- neki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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
- Rhymes: -jiː
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
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
From English neck or Dutch nek.
Noun
neki
- throat