tek

tek (third-person singular simple present teks, present participle teking or tekking, simple past took or tekked or tekt, past participle tekken or tekked or tekt)

1. (Northumbria, Appalachia, dated) Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.
   • 1893, Amélie Rives, Tanis, the Sang-digger:

     Doncher know a cud hole yuh an' tek a kiss anytime a'd a mine tuh?

• te

From Proto-Albanian *tai ̊, from *te ku (< tóy- kʷu-) ‘there where’, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Also occurs as a preposition with the meaning ‘ad, apud, prope, versus’. See also te.

tek

1. (over) there, where

• When following a vowel, tek is used; when following a constanant, te is used.

tek

1. ergative indefinite of te

See the etymology of the main entry.

tek

1. hard mutation of dek

From Proto-Brythonic *teg, from Proto-Celtic *tekos (“beautiful”). Cognate with Cornish teg and Welsh teg.

tek

1. pretty, attractive

• tekenn (pretty girl)

tek

1. female, "she"

tek

1. female, "she-"

For pronunciation and definitions of tek – see 竹 (“bamboo; musical instrument made of bamboo; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 竹).

tek

1. first-person singular active present indicative of taka

tek m (invariable)

1. teak

Derived from English take.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtek/

tek

1. to take

   Tek time pon di road. ― Take it easy when you're driving.

• verbs

  • tek kier a
  • tek weh yuhself

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 550
• tek – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

tek

1. present of ta and taka

tek

1. first-person singular present active indicative of taka

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iiʔ (“hand, arm”). Cognate with Khmer ដៃ (day, “hand”), Western Lawa teʔ (“hand”), Bolyu ti⁵⁵ (“hand”), Central Nicobarese -tai (“hand”).

tek^[1]

1. hand

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tekъ.

• IPA^(key): /têk/

tȅk (Cyrillic spelling те̏к)

1. only, only just, hardly, barely

   Tek svega par je preživjelo katastrofu. ― Only a couple of people survived the catastrophe.

2. yet, still

   Pregovori se tek trebaju održati. ― Negotiations have yet to take place.

• samo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tękъ.

• IPA^(key): /têːk/

tȇk m inan (Cyrillic spelling те̑к)

1. appetite
2. taste, flavour

• dobar tek

• apetit

• IPA^(key): /téːk/

tẹ̑k m inan

1. run, flow
2. appetite

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ték
gen. sing.	téka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ték	téka	téki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	téka	tékov	tékov
dative (dajȃlnik)	téku	tékoma	tékom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ték	téka	téke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	téku	tékih	tékih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tékom	tékoma	téki

• apetít

• dober tek

• IPA^(key): [tec]

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تك (tek, “unique; alone”), from Proto-Turkic *tēk.

tek

1. single, sole, only

   Synonyms: vahit, yegâne

2. a shot of an alcoholic beverage
3. (figurative) none, no
4. (mathematics) odd number (indivisible by two)

   Antonym: çift

tek

1. emphasizes a wish
2. just, only, one

tek (definite accusative teki, plural tekler)

1. refers to a single member of a group of identical or matching things

Cognate with Kazakh тек (tek, “calm, quiet”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

tek

1. quiet, calm, well-behaved

   Synonyms: uslu, sessiz, hareketsiz

• “tek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “tek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı