tek tek

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of tek (“one, only, united”), a common pattern for forming adverbs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtec tec]

Adverb

tek tek

  1. one by one, individually
    Çocuklara tek tek sarıldım.
    I hugged the children one by one.
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