neke

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• IPA^(key): /neke/ [ne.ke]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Hyphenation: ne‧ke

neke inan

1. tiredness, fatigue, suffering, pity, toil, weariness

   Synonyms: unadura, neketasun

• “neke”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “neke”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

neke

1. portion

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *neke (“to be carried by water, to float, to drift”).^[1][2] Doublet of nekeneke.

neke

1. to shift, to move slightly
2. to indent (of text)

neke

1. roller for a waka

• neneke (“to vibrate”)
• nekeneke (“to gradually move”)

Borrowed from English snake.

neke

1. snake

• nākahi

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “neke”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 256
• “neke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

neke

1. Alternative form of nekke

neke

1. inflection of kirin:
   1. third-person singular negative future
   2. second-person singular negative imperative

From Afrikaans nege.

-néke

1. nine