weka

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See also: weką

English

Etymology

Maori weka

Noun

weka (plural wekas)

  1. The Lord Howe woodhen or woodhen, a flightless bird of New Zealand.

Anagrams

Polish

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weka

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German Wecken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Syllabification: we‧ka

Noun

weka f

  1. (Kraków) veka (type of pastry made of wheat flour, produced in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, similar to a French baguette but wider, bigger, and fluffier, and with a smoother surface)
    Synonyms: angielka, baton, bina, bułka paryska, gryzka, kawiorka

Declension

Declension of weka
singular plural
nominative weka weki
genitive weki wek
dative wece wekom
accusative wekę weki
instrumental weką wekami
locative wece wekach
vocative weko weki

Further reading

  • weka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • weka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-béeka.

Pronunciation

Verb

-weka (infinitive kuweka)

  1. to put
  2. to establish
  3. to keep
  4. to delay

Conjugation

Conjugation of -weka
Positive present -naweka
Subjunctive -weke
Negative -weki
Imperative singular weka
Infinitives
Positive kuweka
Negative kutoweka
Imperatives
Singular weka
Plural wekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huweka
Positive past positive subject concord + -liweka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuweka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naweka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaweka/naweka tunaweka
2nd person unaweka mnaweka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaweka wanaweka
other classes positive subject concord + -naweka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -weki)
Singular Plural
1st person siweki hatuweki
2nd person huweki hamuweki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haweki hawaweki
other classes negative subject concord + -weki
Positive future positive subject concord + -taweka
Negative future negative subject concord + -taweka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -weke)
Singular Plural
1st person niweke tuweke
2nd person uweke muweke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aweke waweke
other classes positive subject concord + -weke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siweke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeweka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeweka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliweka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliweka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aweka)
Singular Plural
1st person naweka twaweka
2nd person waweka mwaweka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aweka waweka
m-mi(III/IV) waweka yaweka
ji-ma(V/VI) laweka yaweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaweka vyaweka
n(IX/X) yaweka zaweka
u(XI) waweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaweka
pa(XVI) paweka
mu(XVIII) mwaweka
Perfect positive subject concord + -meweka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaweka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaweka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiweka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoweka
Consecutive kaweka / positive subject concord + -kaweka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaweke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niweka -tuweka
2nd person -kuweka -waweka/-kuwekeni/-wawekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muweka -waweka
m-mi(III/IV) -uweka -iweka
ji-ma(V/VI) -liweka -yaweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiweka -viweka
n(IX/X) -iweka -ziweka
u(XI) -uweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuweka
pa(XVI) -paweka
mu(XVIII) -muweka
Reflexive -jiweka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -weka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -wekaye -wekao
m-mi(III/IV) -wekao -wekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -wekalo -wekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -wekacho -wekavyo
n(IX/X) -wekayo -wekazo
u(XI) -wekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -wekako
pa(XVI) -wekapo
mu(XVIII) -wekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -weka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeweka -oweka
m-mi(III/IV) -oweka -yoweka
ji-ma(V/VI) -loweka -yoweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choweka -vyoweka
n(IX/X) -yoweka -zoweka
u(XI) -oweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koweka
pa(XVI) -poweka
mu(XVIII) -moweka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *weka (“to defecate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

weka

  1. (intransitive) to poop, to defecate

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “weka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
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