teke

See also: Teke

Ainu

Alternative forms

• tek
• tekehe

Etymology

Similar to Japanese 手(て) (te).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tèꜛké/

Noun

teke (Kana spelling テケ)

1. (anatomy) hand, hands

'Are'are

Verb

teke

1. to fall

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teke (“billy goat”).

Noun

teke

1. goat

Declension

Declension of teke

	singular	plural
nominative	teke	tekeler
genitive	tekeniñ	tekelerniñ
dative	tekege	tekelerge
accusative	tekeni	tekelerni
locative	tekede	tekelerde
ablative	tekeden	tekelerden

References

• “teke”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Estonian

Etymology

From tekkima +‎ -e.

Noun

teke (genitive tekke, partitive teket)

1. creation, origin, birth

   Esimeste linnade teke.

   The birth of the first cities.

Declension

Declension of teke (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teke	tekked
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tekke
genitive			tekete
partitive		teket	tekkeid
illative		tekkesse	teketesse tekkeisse
inessive		tekkes	teketes tekkeis
elative		tekkest	teketest tekkeist
allative		tekkele	teketele tekkeile
adessive		tekkel	teketel tekkeil
ablative		tekkelt	teketelt tekkeilt
translative		tekkeks	teketeks tekkeiks
terminative		tekkeni	teketeni
essive		tekkena	teketena
abessive		tekketa	teketeta
comitative		tekkega	teketega

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkɛ]
• Hyphenation: te‧ke
• Rhymes: -kɛ

Noun

teke (plural tekék)

1. ball, sphere, bowl

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	teke	tekék
accusative	tekét	tekéket
dative	tekének	tekéknek
instrumental	tekével	tekékkel
causal-final	tekéért	tekékért
translative	tekévé	tekékké
terminative	tekéig	tekékig
essive-formal	tekeként	tekékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tekében	tekékben
superessive	tekén	tekéken
adessive	tekénél	tekéknél
illative	tekébe	tekékbe
sublative	tekére	tekékre
allative	tekéhez	tekékhez
elative	tekéből	tekékből
delative	tekéről	tekékről
ablative	tekétől	tekéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	tekéé	tekéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tekééi	tekékéi

Possessive forms of teke
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tekém	tekéim
2nd person sing.	tekéd	tekéid
3rd person sing.	tekéje	tekéi
1st person plural	tekénk	tekéink
2nd person plural	tekétek	tekéitek
3rd person plural	tekéjük	tekéik

Derived terms

• tekézik

Compound words

• agyfélteke
• félteke
• földteke

 

Further reading

• teke in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Lingala

Verb

teke

1. to sell

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛkʲɛ/

Adverb

teke

1. also
   • 2007-04-04, Adelheid Dawmowa, “Serbska namša swěśi se w Picnju”, Nowy Casnik vol 59, no. 14, p. 1:

     Zagronita za serbske nastupnosći pśi Chóśebuskem měsćańskem zastojnstwje a cłonk źěłoweje kupki „Serbska namša” cyta teke epistel.

     The woman responsible for Sorbian affairs at the Cottbus city authority and officer of the work group “Sorbian worship service” also reads the epistle.

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “tek”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “teke”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

teke

1. past participle of ta and taka

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

teke class V (plural mateke class VI)

1. kick (a strike with the foot)

Adjective

-teke (declinable)

1. soft, flabby, flaccid, compliant

Declension

Inflected forms of -teke

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mteke	wateke
m-mi class(III/IV)	mteke	miteke
ji-ma class(V/VI)	teke	mateke
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kiteke	viteke
n class(IX/X)	teke	teke
u class(XI)	mteke	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pateke
ku class(XVII)	kuteke
mu class(XVIII)	muteke

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تكه, from Proto-Turkic *teke (“billy goat”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (teke, “billy goat”); Kazakh теке (teke), Tatar тәкә (täkä), Kyrgyz теке (teke), Southern Altai теке (teke), Uzbek taka, Uyghur تېكە (tëke), Bashkir тәкә (təkə), Tuvan те (te, “billy goat”).

Noun

teke

1. he-goat

   Synonyms: erkeç, ergeç

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	teke
Definite accusative	tekeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	teke	tekeler
Definite accusative	tekeyi	tekeleri
Dative	tekeye	tekelere
Locative	tekede	tekelerde
Ablative	tekeden	tekelerden
Genitive	tekenin	tekelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tekem tekelerim 2nd singular teken tekelerin 3rd singular tekesi tekeleri 1st plural tekemiz tekelerimiz 2nd plural tekeniz tekeleriniz 3rd plural tekeleri tekeleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tekemi tekelerimi 2nd singular tekeni tekelerini 3rd singular tekesini tekelerini 1st plural tekemizi tekelerimizi 2nd plural tekenizi tekelerinizi 3rd plural tekelerini tekelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tekeme tekelerime 2nd singular tekene tekelerine 3rd singular tekesine tekelerine 1st plural tekemize tekelerimize 2nd plural tekenize tekelerinize 3rd plural tekelerine tekelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tekemde tekelerimde 2nd singular tekende tekelerinde 3rd singular tekesinde tekelerinde 1st plural tekemizde tekelerimizde 2nd plural tekenizde tekelerinizde 3rd plural tekelerinde tekelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tekemden tekelerimden 2nd singular tekenden tekelerinden 3rd singular tekesinden tekelerinden 1st plural tekemizden tekelerimizden 2nd plural tekenizden tekelerinizden 3rd plural tekelerinden tekelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tekemin tekelerimin 2nd singular tekenin tekelerinin 3rd singular tekesinin tekelerinin 1st plural tekemizin tekelerimizin 2nd plural tekenizin tekelerinizin 3rd plural tekelerinin tekelerinin

Related terms

• keçi