wek

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛk

Verb

wek

1. inflection of wekken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Ishkashimi

Noun

wek

1. water

References

• English-Ishkashmi-Zebaki-Wakhi-Yazghulami Vocabulary

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Several possibilities, which one is true is uncertain. Perhaps from ew + -ek (lit. "an it") or we + -ek (lit. "a so") or from "ew e ku" ("it is that") or from we + ku ("so that"). For the last two compare nek from ne ku ("unless"; lit. "not that"). Compare Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”) which seems to rule out a few of these with the -û-, but it's possible it is loaned from Northern Kurdish. Dialectally used in the same way the -ek suffix is used (wekî, weke, weka, etc.).

Preposition

wek

1. as
2. similar to, resembling

Conjunction

wek

1. while

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

Adjective

wēk

1. pliant
2. weak

Declension

Positive forms of wēk

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	wēk	wēk	wēk	wēke, wēka	wēka	wēk, wēka
accusative	wēkan, wēken	wēka	wēk	wēka, wēke	wēka	wēk, wēka
genitive	wēkes, wēkas	wēkara, wēkaro	wēkes, wēkas	wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero	wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero	wēkaro, wēkoro, wēkero
dative	wēkumu, wēkum, wēkun, wēkun, wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkaro, wēkaru, wēkara	wēkumu, wēkum, wēkun, wēkun, wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkun, wēkon, wēkum	wēkun, wēkon	wēkun, wēkon, wēkum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	wēko, wēka	wēka, wēke	wēka, wēke	wēkon, wēkun	wēkon, wēkun, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun
accusative	wēkon, wēkan	wēkun, wēkon, wēkan	wēka, wēke	wēkon, wēkun	wēkon, wēkun, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun
genitive	wēken, wēkan	wēkun, wēkan, wēken	wēken, wēkan	wēkono, wēkeno	wēkono	wēkono, wēkeno
dative	wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkun, wēkan	wēkon, wēken, wēkan	wēkon, wēkun	wēkon, wēkun	wēkon, wēkun

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *wek, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“voice”), from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Compare Tocharian A wak.

Noun

wek m

1. voice, noise

See also

• vek