nek
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forNeku.
Borrowed fromAfrikaansnek.Doublet ofneck.
nek (pluralneks)
- (geography, South Africa) Acol(a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).
FromDutchnek.
nek (pluralnekke)
- (anatomy)neck
FromMongoliannek(“one”).
nek(Romania)
- one
- Murat, Taner (2011), “nek”, inDicționar tătar crimean – român / Kîrîm Tatarşa – Kazakşa Sózlík [Crimean Tatar – Romanian dictionary][1], Charleston: CreateSpace,page299c
FromMiddle Dutchnacke,necke, fromOld Dutch*nakko, fromProto-Germanic*hnakkô.
nek m (pluralnekken,diminutivenekje n)
- (narrow sense)nape of theneck
- (broad sense) neck
- Synonym:hals
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
nek
- inflection ofnekken:
- first-personsingularpresentindicative
- (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
- imperative
FromLatinnec, used in identical fashion (nec...nec). CompareItalianné,Frenchni,Spanishni.
nek
- neither,nor
- Antonym:kaj
nek ...nek ...- neither ...nor ...
Li estasnek altkreskanek malaltkreska.- He isneither tallnor short.
1910, J. A. Mitchell, translated by Lehman Wendelld,La lasta Usonano[2]:La Usonanoj posedisnek literaturon,nek arton,nek muzikon proprajn.- The Americans possessedneither literature,nor art,nor their own music.
Borrowed from Esperantonek, Latinnec.
nek
- neither,nor
nek
- Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Optative |
|---|
| Customary | neɬ (pour) | neɬ (pour) | neɬ (pour) | neɬ (pour) |
|---|
nek (Jawi spellingنيق,uncountable)
- grandmother
nek
- alternative form ofnekke
nek
- just
- Michelson, Gunther; Michelson, Karin; Canadian Deer, Glenda (2024),A Dictionary of Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) with Connections to the Past, University of Toronto Press, page233
Likely fromSwedishnek. See alsoDanishneg.
nek n (definite singularneket,indefinite pluralnek,definite pluralnekaornekene)
- asheaf
- Synonym:kornband
- “nek” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
- “nek” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Likely fromSwedishnek. See alsoDanishneg.
nek n (definite singularneket,indefinite pluralnek,definite pluralneka)
- asheaf
- Synonym:kornband
- (derogatory) asimpleton
- the same asjolenek
- “nek” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “nek”, inNorsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “nek” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Akin toMalaynaik.
nek
- toascend, togo up
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*nekъ. ComparePolishniech andSlovaknech.
nek
- let,may
FromOld Swedishnekir, see alsoDanishneg. Related toFinnishnikuli, perhaps ultimately fromOld Norsehnykill 'ball of yarn'.
nek m
- asheaf
- Synonym:kärve
FromEnglishneck.
nek
- (anatomy)neck,throat
nek
- no one,nobody
1952, Arie de Jong,Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:Nek kanon dünön sölis tel.- Nobody can serve two masters.
FromMandarin牛.
nek
- cow,cattle
- Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008),Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume466, LINCOM Europa,→ISBN
nek
- first person singular pronoun;I
