# tek
## English
### Verb

tek (third-person singular simple present teks, present participle teking, simple past took, past participle tekken)
* (Northumbria, Appalachia, dated) Pronunciation spelling of take, representing dialectal English.
** 1893, Amélie Rives, Tanis, the Sang-digger:Doncher know a cud hole yuh an' tek a kiss anytime a'd a mine tuh?

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* te

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tai ̊, from *te ku (< tóy- kʷu-) ‘there where’, from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Also occurs as a preposition with the meaning ‘ad, apud, prope, versus’. See also te.

### Adverb

tek
* (over) there, where

## Basque
### Noun

tek
* ergative indefinite of te

## Breton
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

#### Numeral

tek
* Hard mutation of dek.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *teg, from Proto-Celtic *tekos (“beautiful”). Cognate with Cornish teg and Welsh teg.

#### Adjective

tek
* pretty, attractive

##### Derived terms

* tekenn (pretty girl)

## Choctaw
### Noun

tek
* female, "she"

### Adjective

tek
* female, "she-"

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of tek – see 竹 (“bamboo; musical instrument made of bamboo; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 竹).

## Icelandic
### Verb

tek
* first-person singular active present indicative of taka

## Italian
### Noun

tek m (invariable)
* teak

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English take.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtek/

### Verb

tek
* to take
    Tek time pon di road. ― Take it easy when you're driving.

#### Derived terms

* (verbs):tek kier atek weh yuhself

### References

* Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 550
* tek – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

tek
* present of ta and taka

## Old Norse
### Verb

tek
* first-person singular present active indicative of taka

## Semai
### Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iiʔ (“hand, arm”). Cognate with Khmer ដៃ (day, “hand”), Western Lawa teʔ (“hand”), Bolyu ti⁵⁵ (“hand”), Central Nicobarese -tai (“hand”).

### Noun

tek
* hand

### References

* ↑ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tekъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /têk/

#### Adverb

tȅk (Cyrillic spelling те̏к)
* only, only just, hardly, barely
    Tek svega par je preživjelo katastrofu. ― Only a couple of people survived the catastrophe.
* yet, still
    Pregovori se tek trebaju održati. ― Negotiations have yet to take place.

##### See also

* samo

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tękъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /têːk/

#### Noun

tȇk m (Cyrillic spelling те̑к)
* appetite
* taste, flavour

##### Derived terms

* dobar tek

##### See also

* apetit

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /téːk/

### Noun

tẹ̑k m inan
* run, flow
* appetite

#### Synonyms

* apetít

#### Derived terms

* dober tek

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tec]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تك (tek, “unique; alone”), from Proto-Turkic *tēk.
Cognate with Azerbaijani tək, Uzbek tek, and Kazakh тек (tek).

#### Adjective

tek
* single, sole, only
    Synonyms: vahit, yegâne
* a shot of an alcoholic beverage
* (figurative) none, no
* (mathematics) odd (indivisible by two)

##### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

#### Adverb

tek
* emphasizes a wish
* just, only, one

#### Noun

tek (definite accusative teki, plural tekler)
* refers to a single member of a group of identical or matching things

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
tek
tekler
definite accusative
teki
tekleri
dative
teke
teklere
locative
tekte
teklerde
ablative
tekten
teklerden
genitive
tekin
teklerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
tekim
teklerim
2nd singular
tekin
teklerin
3rd singular
teki
tekleri
1st plural
tekimiz
teklerimiz
2nd plural
tekiniz
tekleriniz
3rd plural
tekleri
tekleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
tekimi
teklerimi
2nd singular
tekini
teklerini
3rd singular
tekini
teklerini
1st plural
tekimizi
teklerimizi
2nd plural
tekinizi
teklerinizi
3rd plural
teklerini
teklerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
tekime
teklerime
2nd singular
tekine
teklerine
3rd singular
tekine
teklerine
1st plural
tekimize
teklerimize
2nd plural
tekinize
teklerinize
3rd plural
teklerine
teklerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
tekimde
teklerimde
2nd singular
tekinde
teklerinde
3rd singular
tekinde
teklerinde
1st plural
tekimizde
teklerimizde
2nd plural
tekinizde
teklerinizde
3rd plural
teklerinde
teklerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
tekimden
teklerimden
2nd singular
tekinden
teklerinden
3rd singular
tekinden
teklerinden
1st plural
tekimizden
teklerimizden
2nd plural
tekinizden
teklerinizden
3rd plural
teklerinden
teklerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
tekimin
teklerimin
2nd singular
tekinin
teklerinin
3rd singular
tekinin
teklerinin
1st plural
tekimizin
teklerimizin
2nd plural
tekinizin
teklerinizin
3rd plural
teklerinin
teklerinin
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
tekim
teklerim
2nd singular
teksin
teklersin
3rd singular
tek tektir
tekler teklerdir
1st plural
tekiz
tekleriz
2nd plural
teksiniz
teklersiniz
3rd plural
tekler
teklerdir :

#### Derived terms

* dörttek
* iki tek
* ikitek
* sekiztek
* tek adam
* tek anlamlılık
* tek başına
* tek biçim
* tek bilek
* tek çekirdekli
* tek çenekli
* tek dalmak
* tek delikliler
* tek ders imtihanı
* tek ders sınavı
* tek duvar mutfak
* tek elden
* tek erkçi
* tek erklik
* tek eşli
* tek evli
* tek fazlı
* tek geçmek
* tek heceli dil
* tek hücreli (“single-celled”)
* tek kale oynamak
* tek kişilik
* tek kürekle mehtaba çıkmak
* tek liste
* tek örnek
* tek parmaklılar
* tek partili
* tek pas
* tek renkli
* tek sayı (“odd number”)
* tek seçici
* tek sesli
* tek sıra olmak
* tek tabanca
* tek tanrıcı (“polytheist”)
* tek tanrılı (“polytheistic”)
* tek taraflı
* tek tek (“one by one”)
* tek tırnak işareti
* tek tırnaklılar
* tek tip
* tek tük
* tek vücut
* tek yanlı
* tek yön
* tek yumurta ikizi
* tek yürek
* tekbenci
* tekdüze
* teke tek
* teker teker
* tekgövde
* teklik
* tektaş

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

tek
* quiet, calm, well-behaved
    Synonyms: uslu, sessiz, hareketsiz

##### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

##### Derived terms

* tek durmak
* tek durmamak

### Further reading

* “tek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “tek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı