seka
Chichewa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse.ka/
Verb
-seka (infinitive kuséka)
- laugh
Esperanto
Etymology
From French sec and Italian secco, both from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Indo-European cognates include Welsh sych, Russian сухо́й (suxój), Lithuanian sausas, Hindi सूखा (sūkhā).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [ˈseka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Hyphenation: se‧ka
Adjective
seka (accusative singular sekan, plural sekaj, accusative plural sekajn)
- dry
- 1999, Anna Löwenstein, La ŝtona urbo, Antwerp: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, →ISBN, OCLC 46863861:
- Ni portis eksteren garbojn da pajlo kaj kovris nin per feloj, sub kiuj ni restis sufiĉe varmaj kaj sekaj.
- He carried out sheaves of straw and covered us with pelts, under which we stayed warm and dry enough.
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Antonyms
- malseka
Derived terms
- sekeco (“dryness”)
- sekega (“very dry”)
- seketa (“slightly dry”)
- sekigi (“to dry”, transitive verb)
- sekiĝi (“to dry off”, intransitive verb)
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Portuguese seca (“drying”), secar (“to dry”), from Old Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō, from siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛka/
- Hyphenation: sè‧ka
- Rhymes: -ka, -a
Verb
sèka (base-imperative seka, active menyeka, ordinary passive diseka)
- infinitive, imperative and colloquial of menyeka (“to wipe”)
Derived terms
- berseka
- menyeka
- menyekai
- menyekakan
- penyeka
- sekaan
Etymology 2
From Balinese ᬲᭂᬓᬵ (seka), ᬲᭂᬓᬳ (sekaha), ᬲᬓᬵ (saka, “villagers' club, society”), from Old Javanese sakhā (“friend”), from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), सखि (sakhi, “friend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈka/
- Hyphenation: sê‧ka
- Rhymes: -ka, -a
Noun
sêka (first-person possessive sekaku, second-person possessive sekamu, third-person possessive sekanya)
- (dialect) association
Further reading
- “seka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Karao
Noun
seka
- fuzzy-haired caterpillar (with either red or black hairs)
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.
Verb
seka
- to seek
Inflection
| infinitive | sēka | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | sēke | sēkde |
| 2nd person singular | sēkest, sēkst | sēkdest |
| 3rd person singular | sēketh, sēkth | sēkde |
| plural | sēkath | sēkden |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | sēke | sēkde |
| plural | sēke, sēken | sēkde, sēkden |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | sēke | |
| plural | sēkath | |
| participle | present | past |
| sēkande | esēked, sēked | |
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: säike
- West Frisian: sykje
Pali
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- सेक (Devanagari script)
- সেক (Bengali script)
- සෙක (Sinhalese script)
- သေက or သေၵ (Burmese script)
- เสก or เสกะ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
- ເສກ or ເສກະ (Lao script)
- សេក (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)
Noun
seka m
- sprinkling
Declension
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | seko | sekā |
| Accusative (second) | sekaṃ | seke |
| Instrumental (third) | sekena | sekehi or sekebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | sekassa or sekāya or sekatthaṃ | sekānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | sekasmā or sekamhā or sekā | sekehi or sekebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | sekassa | sekānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | sekasmiṃ or sekamhi or seke | sekesu |
| Vocative (calling) | seka | sekā |
References
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 472.
Phuthi
Verb
-séka
- to cut
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Verb
-seka (infinitive guseka, perfective -setse)
- laugh, smile
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From sèstra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěːka/
- Hyphenation: se‧ka
Noun
séka f (Cyrillic spelling се́ка)
- (informal) sis (an affectionate term for a sister or female cousin)
Descendants
- → Romanian: seca (regional)
References
- “seka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Verb
-seka (infinitive kuseka)
- laugh (at)
Tumbuka
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Verb
-seka (infinitive kuseka)
- laugh
Westrobothnian
Verb
seka
- (transitive, intransitive) To cut with blunt knife or other tool; cut gradually.
- To work slowly, be slow, sluggish in movement; postpone, delay; is said in general about everything that goes sluggishly.
- Han gekk å seka fot óm fot.
- He walked slowly, foot by foot.
- Hon seka å spann
- She spun slowly.
- Han seka å tåggä.
- He chewed slowly.
- Han gekk å seka fot óm fot.
- To nag, early and often remind.
Related terms
- sek
- sekalónnom
- sekäl
Xhosa
Verb
-seka?
- (transitive) to establish
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.