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hekta

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German hechten, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną. Doublet of hefta. Adjective is a calque of English hooked using the past participle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hekta (present tense hektar, past tense hekta, past participle hekta, passive infinitive hektast, present participle hektande, imperative hekta/hekt)

  1. a-infinitive form of hekte

Adjective

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hekta

  1. hooked; addicted, captivated

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hekta f

  1. definite singular of hekt

References

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  • “hekta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “hekta”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English hectare.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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hekta class IX (plural hekta class X)

  1. hectare

References

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  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language[1], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 38 of 33-41