tek
See also: Tek, -tek, and -ték
Albanian
Alternative forms
- te
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *tai ̊, from *te ku (< toi- kwu-) ‘there where’, from Proto-Indo-European *to- 'it'. Also occurs as a preposition with the meaning ‘ad, apud, prope, versus’.
Adverb
tek
- (over) there, where
Breton
Numeral
tek
- Hard mutation of dek.
Choctaw
Noun
tek
- female, "she"
Adjective
tek
- female, "she-"
Icelandic
Verb
tek
- first-person singular active present indicative of taka
Italian
Noun
tek m (invariable)
- teak
Jamaican Creole
Verb
tek
- take
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
tek
- present tense of ta, taka and take
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *tekъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têk/
Adverb
tȅk (Cyrillic spelling те̏к)
- only, only just, hardly, barely
- Tek svega par je preživjelo katastrofu. ― Only a couple of people survived the catastrophe.
- yet, still
- Pregovori se tek trebaju održati. ― Negotiations have yet to take place.
See also
- samo
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *tękъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têːk/
Noun
tȇk m (Cyrillic spelling те̑к)
- appetite
- taste, flavour
Declension
Declension of tek
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | tek |
| genitive | teka |
| dative | teku |
| accusative | tek |
| vocative | teče |
| locative | teku |
| instrumental | tekom |
Derived terms
- dobar tek
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtéːk/
- Tonal orthography: tẹ̑k
Noun
ték m inan (genitive téka, nominative plural téki)
- run, flow
- appetite
Declension
Declension of ték (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ték | téka | téki |
| accusative | ték | téka | téke |
| genitive | téka | tékov | tékov |
| dative | téku | tékoma | tékom |
| locative | téku | tékih | tékih |
| instrumental | tékom | tékoma | téki |
Synonyms
- apetít
Derived terms
- dober tek
Turkish
Adjective
tek (comparative daha tek, superlative en tek)
- single, sole
- unique
See also
- tek tek
Descendants
- Armenian: թաք (tʿakʿ)
- Persian: تک (tak)