teka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "teka"

Albanian

Noun

teka

  1. inflection of tekë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təka.

Verb

teka (Balinese script ᬢᭂᬓ)

  1. to come

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*teka”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛka]

Verb

teka

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of téct
    Synonym: teče

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtekɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞kɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ekɑ
  • Syllabification(key): te‧ka
  • Hyphenation(key): te‧ka

Noun

teka

  1. abbreviation of telakuorma-auto

Declension

Inflection of teka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative teka tekat
genitive tekan tekojen
partitive tekaa tekoja
illative tekaan tekoihin
singular plural
nominative teka tekat
accusative nom. teka tekat
gen. tekan
genitive tekan tekojen
tekain rare
partitive tekaa tekoja
inessive tekassa tekoissa
elative tekasta tekoista
illative tekaan tekoihin
adessive tekalla tekoilla
ablative tekalta tekoilta
allative tekalle tekoille
essive tekana tekoina
translative tekaksi tekoiksi
abessive tekatta tekoitta
instructive — tekoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of teka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tekani tekani
accusative nom. tekani tekani
gen. tekani
genitive tekani tekojeni
tekaini rare
partitive tekaani tekojani
inessive tekassani tekoissani
elative tekastani tekoistani
illative tekaani tekoihini
adessive tekallani tekoillani
ablative tekaltani tekoiltani
allative tekalleni tekoilleni
essive tekanani tekoinani
translative tekakseni tekoikseni
abessive tekattani tekoittani
instructive — —
comitative — tekoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tekasi tekasi
accusative nom. tekasi tekasi
gen. tekasi
genitive tekasi tekojesi
tekaisi rare
partitive tekaasi tekojasi
inessive tekassasi tekoissasi
elative tekastasi tekoistasi
illative tekaasi tekoihisi
adessive tekallasi tekoillasi
ablative tekaltasi tekoiltasi
allative tekallesi tekoillesi
essive tekanasi tekoinasi
translative tekaksesi tekoiksesi
abessive tekattasi tekoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tekoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tekamme tekamme
accusative nom. tekamme tekamme
gen. tekamme
genitive tekamme tekojemme
tekaimme rare
partitive tekaamme tekojamme
inessive tekassamme tekoissamme
elative tekastamme tekoistamme
illative tekaamme tekoihimme
adessive tekallamme tekoillamme
ablative tekaltamme tekoiltamme
allative tekallemme tekoillemme
essive tekanamme tekoinamme
translative tekaksemme tekoiksemme
abessive tekattamme tekoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tekoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tekanne tekanne
accusative nom. tekanne tekanne
gen. tekanne
genitive tekanne tekojenne
tekainne rare
partitive tekaanne tekojanne
inessive tekassanne tekoissanne
elative tekastanne tekoistanne
illative tekaanne tekoihinne
adessive tekallanne tekoillanne
ablative tekaltanne tekoiltanne
allative tekallenne tekoillenne
essive tekananne tekoinanne
translative tekaksenne tekoiksenne
abessive tekattanne tekoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tekoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tekansa tekansa
accusative nom. tekansa tekansa
gen. tekansa
genitive tekansa tekojensa
tekainsa rare
partitive tekaansa tekojaan
tekojansa
inessive tekassaan
tekassansa 		tekoissaan
tekoissansa
elative tekastaan
tekastansa 		tekoistaan
tekoistansa
illative tekaansa tekoihinsa
adessive tekallaan
tekallansa 		tekoillaan
tekoillansa
ablative tekaltaan
tekaltansa 		tekoiltaan
tekoiltansa
allative tekalleen
tekallensa 		tekoilleen
tekoillensa
essive tekanaan
tekanansa 		tekoinaan
tekoinansa
translative tekakseen
tekaksensa 		tekoikseen
tekoiksensa
abessive tekattaan
tekattansa 		tekoittaan
tekoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tekoineen
tekoinensa

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

teka

  1. romanization of ꦠꦼꦏ

Kituba

Verb

teka (teke)

  1. to sell

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲæːkɐ]

Verb

tẽka

  1. third-person singular present of tekėti
  2. third-person plural present of tekėti

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təka/
  • Rhymes: -əka, -ka, -a

Verb

teka (Jawi spelling تکا)

  1. to guess
    Synonyms: agak, duga, sangka
    Teka jawaban ― To guess the answer

Derived terms

  • diteka
  • meneka
  • peneka
  • penekaan
  • teka silang
  • teka-teki
  • terteka

Descendants

  • Indonesian: teka

Further reading

Maltese

Root
t-k-w
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ka/

Verb

teka (imperfect jitki, past participle mitki)

  1. alternative form of itka: to lean on

Conjugation

Conjugation of teka (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tkejt tkejt teka tkejna tkejtu tkew
f tkiet
imperfect m nitki titki jitki nitku titku jitku
f titki
imperative itki itku

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *teka₃ (compare with Hawaiian keʻa “outrigger boom, cross”, Tahitian teʻa “crossbeam, awning support”),[1][2] likely from metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *katiʀ “(small) outrigger canoe or canoe hull” thus ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *katiʀ (compare with Malay katir and Tagalog katig)[3]

Noun

teka

  1. rung or step of a ladder
    Synonyms: peka, kaupeka
  2. horizontal footrest or tread on a digging stick to step on and push further into the ground

Derived terms

  • tauteka

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 503
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “teka3”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 180-1

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *tibʷaŋ (compare with Tahitian teʻa).[1][2][3]

Noun

teka

  1. dart

Verb

teka

  1. to shoot with bow and arrow
    Synonyms: pana, whana
  2. to drive something forward, to urge, to impel
    Synonyms: pana, whana

Derived terms

  • tekateka
  • tēteka
  • whakateka
  • whakatekateka

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 503
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “teka.2a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 225-6

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “teka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 480
  • “teka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Phuthi

Etymology

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

Verb

-téka

  1. to marry
  2. to lay (the table)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Syllabification: te‧ka

Noun

teka f (diminutive teczka)

  1. folder (organizer)
    Synonym: skoroszyt
  2. briefcase
    Synonym: aktówka
  3. portfolio (case)
  4. (politics) portfolio (post)

Declension

Declension of teka
singular plural
nominative teka teki
genitive teki tek
dative tece tekom
accusative tekę teki
instrumental teką tekami
locative tece tekach
vocative teko teki

Derived terms

nouns
adjectives
  • teczkowy
nouns
  • teczuszka

Descendants

Further reading

  • teka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • teka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-têka (infinitive gutêka, perfective -têtse)

  1. to cook

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /těːka/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ka

Noun

téka f (Cyrillic spelling те́ка)

  1. (colloquial) notebook
    Synonym: bìlježnica

Declension

Declension of teka
singular plural
nominative téka teke
genitive teke teka
dative téci tekama
accusative teku teke
vocative teko teke
locative téci tekama
instrumental tekom tekama

Further reading

  • “teka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Theke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Syllabification: te‧ka

Noun

teka m inan

  1. bar (counter at which alcohol is sold)
    Synonyms: szynkwas, szynktisz, tyjka, ladyntisz

Further reading

  • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “teka”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), section L, page 1

Spanish

Noun

teka f (plural tekas)

  1. obsolete spelling of teca

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-teka (infinitive kuteka)

  1. to capture or kidnap
  2. to fetch or scoop

Conjugation

Conjugation of -teka
Positive present -nateka
Subjunctive -teke
Negative -teki
Imperative singular teka
Infinitives
Positive kuteka
Negative kutoteka
Imperatives
Singular teka
Plural tekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huteka
Positive past positive subject concord + -liteka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuteka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nateka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninateka/nateka tunateka
2nd person unateka mnateka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anateka wanateka
other classes positive subject concord + -nateka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -teki)
Singular Plural
1st person siteki hatuteki
2nd person huteki hamteki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hateki hawateki
other classes negative subject concord + -teki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tateka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tateka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -teke)
Singular Plural
1st person niteke tuteke
2nd person uteke mteke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateke wateke
other classes positive subject concord + -teke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siteke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeteka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeteka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliteka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliteka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ateka)
Singular Plural
1st person nateka twateka
2nd person wateka mwateka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateka wateka
m-mi(III/IV) wateka yateka
ji-ma(V/VI) lateka yateka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chateka vyateka
n(IX/X) yateka zateka
u(XI) wateka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwateka
pa(XVI) pateka
mu(XVIII) mwateka
Perfect positive subject concord + -meteka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshateka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jateka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiteka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoteka
Consecutive kateka / positive subject concord + -kateka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kateke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niteka -tuteka
2nd person -kuteka -wateka/-kutekeni/-watekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mteka -wateka
m-mi(III/IV) -uteka -iteka
ji-ma(V/VI) -liteka -yateka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiteka -viteka
n(IX/X) -iteka -ziteka
u(XI) -uteka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuteka
pa(XVI) -pateka
mu(XVIII) -muteka
Reflexive -jiteka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -teka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tekaye -tekao
m-mi(III/IV) -tekao -tekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tekalo -tekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tekacho -tekavyo
n(IX/X) -tekayo -tekazo
u(XI) -tekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tekako
pa(XVI) -tekapo
mu(XVIII) -tekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -teka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeteka -oteka
m-mi(III/IV) -oteka -yoteka
ji-ma(V/VI) -loteka -yoteka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choteka -vyoteka
n(IX/X) -yoteka -zoteka
u(XI) -oteka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koteka
pa(XVI) -poteka
mu(XVIII) -moteka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:

Swazi

Verb

-téka

  1. to marry (of a man)
  2. to be married (of a woman)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈteka/ [ˈt̪ɛː.xɐ]
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Syllabification: te‧ka

Etymology 1

From a univerbation of hintay (“wait”) +‎ ka (“you”) with monophthongization. See also hingka.

Interjection

teka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ) (colloquial)

  1. wait a moment!; hold on for a while!
    Synonyms: hintay, temuna, (Rizal) hingka, (Bataan, Nueva Ecija, plural) tekayo, (colloquial) weyt
    Teka muna.
    Wait a moment.
    Teka lang.
    Just wait.
    Teka, ano 'yan?
    Wait, what's that?
Alternative forms
  • tayka
  • teyka
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish teca (“teak”).

Noun

teka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ)

  1. teak
    Synonyms: tekla, hati

Further reading

  • “teka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.