neki

Lexicalization of the otherwise unattested Proto-Hungarian *nek (“to/across/toward something”) +‎ -i (third-person possessive suffix).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛki]

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• Hyphenation: ne‧ki

neki

1. to/for him/her

   Ezt a könyvet neki vettem. ― I bought this book for her.

   Neki nincs testvére. ― He doesn't have any siblings.

   Semmit se mondott neki. ― She did not say anything to him.

   Virágot hozott neki. ― He brought her flowers.

• néki

• -nak/-nek
• Appendix:Hungarian pronouns

From Proto-Nahuan *nəki. Compare Classical Nahuatl nequi (“to want”)

• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /ˈneki/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈneɣi/

-neki

1. (transitive) to want

   Inte tiknekit ma puliwi ne Nawat, yajika timumachtiat

   We don't want Nawat to disappear, that's why we're learning (it)

2. (transitive) to love

   Nimetzneki

   I love you

3. (reflexive) to need, to be necessary

   Tejemet inte timunekit taja, tey né titechchiwilijtuk

   We don't need you after what you did to us

• nȅkojī

ne- +‎ Proto-Slavic *kъjь

• IPA^(key): /nêkiː/
• Hyphenation: ne‧ki

nȅkī (Cyrillic spelling не̏кӣ)

1. (generally with countable nouns) some

   neki ljudi čekaju ― some people are waiting

   u neku ruku ― in some way

   neko vr(ij)eme ― for some time

   Vidio sam nekog lika pred tvojom kućom. ― I saw some bloke in front of your house.

2. (in the plural, without a noun, substantively) some (people), people

   neki to vole žestoko ― some like it hard

   neki su mi rekli da je dosadan ― some people told me that he's boring

3. (with genitive) some, approximately, around

   nekih sat vremena sam čitao knjigu ― I was reading the book for around an hour

   nekih pola sata ― around half an hour

   nekih 30 ljudi ― about 30 people

4. some, certain

   do neke m(j)ere ― to a certain extent

• (some): nešto (with uncountable nouns)

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neki

1. throat