# teka
## Albanian
### Noun

teka
* inflection of tekë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Balinese
### Romanization

teka
* Romanization of ᬢᭂᬓ

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛka]

### Verb

teka
* masculine singular present transgressive of téct
    Synonym: teče

### Anagrams

* kate

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtekɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ekɑ
* Hyphenation: te‧ka

### Noun

teka
* Abbreviation of telakuorma-auto.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of teka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tekani
tekani
accusative
nom.
tekani
tekani
gen.
tekani
genitive
tekani
tekojeni tekaini $^{rare}$
partitive
tekaani
tekojani
inessive
tekassani
tekoissani
elative
tekastani
tekoistani
illative
tekaani
tekoihini
adessive
tekallani
tekoillani
ablative
tekaltani
tekoiltani
allative
tekalleni
tekoilleni
essive
tekanani
tekoinani
translative
tekakseni
tekoikseni
abessive
tekattani
tekoittani
instructive
comitative
—tekoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tekasi
tekasi
accusative
nom.
tekasi
tekasi
gen.
tekasi
genitive
tekasi
tekojesi tekaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tekaasi
tekojasi
inessive
tekassasi
tekoissasi
elative
tekastasi
tekoistasi
illative
tekaasi
tekoihisi
adessive
tekallasi
tekoillasi
ablative
tekaltasi
tekoiltasi
allative
tekallesi
tekoillesi
essive
tekanasi
tekoinasi
translative
tekaksesi
tekoiksesi
abessive
tekattasi
tekoittasi
instructive
comitative
—tekoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tekamme
tekamme
accusative
nom.
tekamme
tekamme
gen.
tekamme
genitive
tekamme
tekojemme tekaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tekaamme
tekojamme
inessive
tekassamme
tekoissamme
elative
tekastamme
tekoistamme
illative
tekaamme
tekoihimme
adessive
tekallamme
tekoillamme
ablative
tekaltamme
tekoiltamme
allative
tekallemme
tekoillemme
essive
tekanamme
tekoinamme
translative
tekaksemme
tekoiksemme
abessive
tekattamme
tekoittamme
instructive
comitative
—tekoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tekanne
tekanne
accusative
nom.
tekanne
tekanne
gen.
tekanne
genitive
tekanne
tekojenne tekainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tekaanne
tekojanne
inessive
tekassanne
tekoissanne
elative
tekastanne
tekoistanne
illative
tekaanne
tekoihinne
adessive
tekallanne
tekoillanne
ablative
tekaltanne
tekoiltanne
allative
tekallenne
tekoillenne
essive
tekananne
tekoinanne
translative
tekaksenne
tekoiksenne
abessive
tekattanne
tekoittanne
instructive
comitative
—tekoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tekansa
tekansa
accusative
nom.
tekansa
tekansa
gen.
tekansa
genitive
tekansa
tekojensa tekainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tekaansa
tekojaan tekojansa
inessive
tekassaan tekassansa
tekoissaan tekoissansa
elative
tekastaan tekastansa
tekoistaan tekoistansa
illative
tekaansa
tekoihinsa
adessive
tekallaan tekallansa
tekoillaan tekoillansa
ablative
tekaltaan tekaltansa
tekoiltaan tekoiltansa
allative
tekalleen tekallensa
tekoilleen tekoillensa
essive
tekanaan tekanansa
tekoinaan tekoinansa
translative
tekakseen tekaksensa
tekoikseen tekoiksensa
abessive
tekattaan tekattansa
tekoittaan tekoittansa
instructive
comitative
—tekoineen tekoinensa :

### Anagrams

* kate

## Javanese
### Romanization

teka
* Romanization of ꦠꦼꦏ.

## Kituba
### Verb

teka (teke)
* to sell

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtʲæːkɐ]

### Verb

tẽka
* third-person singular present of tekėti
* third-person plural present of tekėti

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təka/
* Rhymes: -əka, -ka, -a

### Verb

teka (Jawi spelling تکا)
* to guess
    Synonyms: agak, duga, sangka
    Teka jawaban ― To guess the answer

#### Derived terms

* diteka
* meneka
* peneka
* penekaan
* teka silang
* teka-teki
* terteka

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: teka

### Further reading

* “teka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese

* Root
* t-k-w
* 2 terms

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.ka/

### Verb

teka (imperfect jitki, past participle mitki)
* Alternative form of itka: to lean on

#### Conjugation
## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *teka₃ (compare with Hawaiian keʻa “outrigger boom, cross”, Tahitian teʻa “crossbeam, awning support”), likely from metathesis of Proto-Oceanic *katiʀ “(small) outrigger canoe or canoe hull” thus ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *katiʀ (compare with Malay katir and Tagalog katig)

### Noun

teka
* rung or step of a ladder
    Synonyms: peka, kaupeka
* horizontal footrest or tread on a digging stick to step on and push further into the ground

### Derived terms

* tauteka

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 503
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “teka3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 180-1

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *tibʷaŋ (compare with Tahitian teʻa).

### Noun

teka
* dart

### Verb

teka
* to shoot with bow and arrow
    Synonyms: pana, whana
* to drive something forward, to urge, to impel
    Synonyms: pana, whana

### Derived terms

* tekateka
* tēteka
* whakateka
* whakatekateka

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 503
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “teka.2a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 225-6

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “teka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 480
* “teka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Phuthi
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-téka
* to marry
* to lay (the table)

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛka
* Syllabification: te‧ka

### Noun

teka f (diminutive teczka)
* folder (organizer)
    Synonym: skoroszyt
* briefcase
    Synonym: aktówka
* portfolio (case)
* (politics) portfolio (post)

#### Derived terms

* teczka

#### Related terms

* teczkowy
* teczuszka

#### Descendants

* → Yiddish: טעקע (teke)

### Further reading

* teka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* teka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Verb

-têka (infinitive gutêka, perfective -têtse)
* to cook

#### Derived terms

* itekero (Rwanda) / igitekero (Rundi)
* umutetsi (“cook”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /těːka/
* Hyphenation: te‧ka

### Noun

téka f (Cyrillic spelling те́ка)
* (colloquial) notebook
    Synonym: bìlježnica

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “teka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Theke.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛ.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛka
* Syllabification: te‧ka

### Noun

teka m inan
* bar (counter at which alcohol is sold)
    Synonyms: szynkwas, szynktisz, tyjka, ladyntisz

### Further reading

* Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “teka”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), section L, page 1

## Spanish
### Noun

teka f (plural tekas)
* Obsolete spelling of teca.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-teka (infinitive kuteka)
* to capture or kidnap
* to fetch or scoop

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -teka :
| Positive present | -nateka |
| Subjunctive | -teke |
| Negative | -teki |
| Imperative singular | teka |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuteka |
| Negative | kutoteka |
Imperatives :
| Singular | teka |
| Plural | tekeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huteka |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liteka |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuteka |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tateka |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tateka |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siteke |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeteka |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeteka |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliteka |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliteka |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meteka |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshateka |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jateka |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiteka |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoteka |
| Consecutive | kateka / positive subject concord + -kateka |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kateke |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Nominal derivations:
** mateka (“hostage”)
** mtekaji (“hijacker”)
** utekaji

## Swazi
### Verb

-téka
* to marry (of a man)
* to be married (of a woman)

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈteka/ [ˈt̪ɛː.xɐ]
* Rhymes: -eka
* Syllabification: te‧ka

### Etymology 1

From a univerbation of hintay (“wait”) +‎ ka (“you”) with monophthongization. See also hingka.

#### Interjection

teka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ) (colloquial)
* wait a moment!; hold on for a while!
    Synonyms: hintay, temuna, (Rizal) hingka, (Bataan, Nueva Ecija, plural) tekayo, (colloquial) weyt
    Teka muna.Wait a moment.
    Teka lang.Just wait.
    Teka, ano 'yan?Wait, what's that?

##### Alternative forms

* tayka
* teyka

##### Related terms

* tekayo

##### See also

* sandali

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish teca (“teak”).

#### Noun

teka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ)
* teak
    Synonyms: tekla, hati

### Further reading

* “teka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018