# neki
## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* néki (dialectal)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛki]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ne‧ki
* Rhymes: -ki

### Pronoun

neki
* to/for him/her
    Synonyms: számára, részére, (only in certain senses) javára
    Ezt a könyvet neki vettem. ― I bought this book for her.
    Semmit se mondott neki. ― She did not say anything to him.
    Virágot hozott neki. ― He brought her flowers.
    (Neki) nincs testvére. ― S/he doesn’t have any siblings. (literally, “(For him/her) there is no his/her-sibling.”)

#### Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with neki-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see neki-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

#### Declension
### See also

* -nak / -nek
* Appendix:Hungarian pronouns
$^1$Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns

### References

* ↑ neki in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* neki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Pipil
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Izalco) IPA: /ˈneki/
* (Witzapan) IPA: /ˈneɣi/

### Verb

-neki
* (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).
* (transitive) to love
    Nimetzneki. ― I love you.
* (reflexive) to need, to be necessary
    Tejemet inte timunekit taja, tey né titechchiwilijtuk. ― We don't need you after what you did to us.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* nȅkojī

### Etymology

From ne- + Proto-Slavic *kъjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nêkiː/
* Hyphenation: ne‧ki
* Rhymes: -jiː

### Pronoun

nȅkī (Cyrillic spelling не̏кӣ)
* (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.
* (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
* (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
* some, certain
    do neke m(j)ere ― to a certain extent

#### Synonyms

* (some): nešto (with uncountable nouns)

### References

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

## Sranan Tongo

Picture dictionary :
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### Etymology

From English neck or Dutch nek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ne.ci/

### Noun

neki
* neck
* throat
    Synonym: inineki

#### Derived terms

* bakaneki (“nape”)
* dreineki (“thirst”)
* neki-olo (“throat”)
* ondroneki (“front of the neck”)
* soroneki (“sore throat”)

#### Descendants

* Aukan: neki

### References

Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “neki”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary