nekk

Kabyle

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *năʔḱḱ, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku, whence also Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəkː/

Pronoun

nekk m or f

  1. I (first-person singular free pronoun)

See also

Kabyle personal pronouns
Free pronouns
singular plural
1st person m nekk, nekkini nekʷni
f nekkʷenti
2nd person m kečč, keččini kunwi
f kemm, kemmini kunnemti
3rd person m netta nutni, nitni
f nettat nutenti, nitenti
Direct object bound pronouns
singular plural
1st person m iyi
f antaɣ, anteɣ
2nd person m ik ikʷen
f ikem ikʷent
3rd person m it iten
f itt itent

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nekk m (definite singular nekken, indefinite plural nekker or nekkar, definite plural nekkene or nekkane)

  1. a reindeer calf

Wolof

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

nekk

  1. to be in, to be at

References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100