# nek
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.

### Noun

nek (plural neks)
* (geography, South Africa) A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).

### Anagrams

* Ken, Ken., ken

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch nek.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nek (plural nekke)
* (anatomy) neck

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: nek
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

#### Noun

nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)
* (narrow sense) nape of the neck
* (broad sense) neck
    Synonym: hals

##### Derived terms

* de nek omdraaien
* geelnekara
* langnek
* met de nek aankijken
* nekken
* nekkramp
* nekschot
* nekslag
* nekvel
* over zijn nek gaan

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: nek
* Negerhollands: nek
* →? Aukan: neki
* → Papiamentu: nèk, nek

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

nek
* inflection of nekken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* ken, enk

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin nec, used in identical fashion (nec...nec). Compare Italian né, French ni, Spanish ni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nek]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: nek

### Conjunction

nek
* neither, nor
    Antonym: kaj
    nek ... nek ...neither ... nor ...
    Li estas nek altkreska nek malaltkreska.He is neither tall nor short.
** 1910, J. A. Mitchell, translated by Lehman Wendelld, La lasta Usonano‎:La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.The Americans possessed neither literature, nor art, nor their own music.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nek, Latin nec.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛk/

### Conjunction

nek
* neither, nor

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nek/
* Rhymes: -ek
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [ne̞ʔ]

### Noun

nek (Jawi spelling نيق, informal 1st possessive nekku, 2nd possessive nekmu, 3rd possessive neknya)
* grandmother

#### See also

* nenek (full)

### Further reading

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

## Middle English
### Noun

nek
* Alternative form of nekke

## Mohawk
### Conjunction

nek
* just

#### Derived terms

* nek tsi (“but”)

### References

* Michelson, Gunther, Michelson, Karin, Canadian Deer, Glenda (2024) A Dictionary of Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) with Connections to the Past, University of Toronto Press, page 233

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neːk/

### Noun

nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka or nekene)
* a sheaf
    Synonym: kornband

### References

* “nek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “nek” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neːk/

### Noun

nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka)
* a sheaf
    Synonym: kornband
* (derogatory) a simpleton
* the same as jolenek

### References

* “nek” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “nek”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
* “nek” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Akin to Malay naik.

### Verb

nek
* to ascend, to go up

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* neka

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

### Particle

nek
* let, may

## Swedish
### Etymology

from Old Swedish nekir, see also Danish neg. Related to Finnish nikuli, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse hnykill 'ball of yarn'.

### Noun

nek m
* a sheaf
    Synonym: kärve

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English neck.

### Noun

nek
* (anatomy) neck, throat

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nek/

### Pronoun

nek
* no one, nobody
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:Nek kanon dünön sölis tel.Nobody can serve two masters.

## Wutunhua
### Etymology

From Mandarin 牛.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɘˠ]

### Noun

nek
* cow, cattle

### References

* Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

## Yurok
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nek/, [nɛ̞k]

### Pronoun

nek
* first person singular pronoun; I