Hungarian

Pronoun

neki

1. to him, to her, for him, for her

   Ezt a könyvet neki vettem. - I bought this book for her.

   Neki nincs testvére. - He doesn't have any siblings.

   Semmit se mondott neki. - She did not say anything to him.

   Virágot hozott neki. - He brought her flowers.

Related terms

• nekem, neked, nekünk, nektek, nekik

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian pronouns

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *nəki. Compare Classical Nahuatl nequi ‎(“to want”)

Pronunciation

• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈneki/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈneɣi/

Verb

-neki

1. (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)

2. (transitive) to love

   Nimetzneki

   I love you

3. (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

ne- +‎ Proto-Slavic *kъjь

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêkiː/
• Hyphenation: ne‧ki

Pronoun

nȅkī ‎(Cyrillic spelling не̏кӣ)

1. some

   neki ljudi čekaju‎ ― some people are waiting

   u neku ruku‎ ― in some way

   neko vr(ij)eme‎ ― for some time

   pr(ij)e nekog vremena‎ ― some time ago

2. (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

3. (with genitive) 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

4. certain

   u nekoj m(j)eri‎ ― to a certain extent

Declension

References

• “neki” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

Noun

neki

1. throat