neka

From Arabic نَكَى (nakā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ka/

neka (imperfect jinki, past participle minki, verbal noun nkejja)

1. to tease, to annoy, to spite

Aphetic form of aneka

neka

1. several
2. many

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “neka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

-néka

1. to lay out
2. to hang up

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• nek

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

nȅka (Cyrillic spelling не̏ка)

1. let, may

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

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-neka^?

1. to hang

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From nej (“no”), similar to jaka (“to say yes”). From Old Swedish neka, Norwegian neikka, Danish nege, applying a -k suffix to Icelandic nei and Old Swedish ne. This goes further back to Germanic nikon. There is also an additional -t suffix in Swedish dialectal näkta, south Swedish nejta, Danish nægte, Norwegian nekta.

neka (present nekar, preterite nekade, supine nekat, imperative neka)

1. to deny, to say no
   1. to assert that something is not true

      Mannen nekar till brott.

      The man denies the crime.

      Mannen nekade att han hade begått brottet.

      The man denied having committed the crime.

   2. (ditransitive) to disallow, to refuse to give someone something

      Jag blev nekad tillgång till min dator.

      I was denied access to my computer.

2. (transitive) to refuse (to do something)

   Många företag nekar att ta emot kontanter.

   Many companies refuse to accept cash.

• förneka
• nej
• nekan

• neka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• ekan, enka