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{{also|nekî|néki|neki-}}

==Hungarian==
{{hu-suff-pron}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|hu|néki||dialectal}}

===Etymology===
{{hu-lex}} the otherwise unattested Proto-Hungarian {{af|hu|*nek|-i|id2=possessive|t1=to/across/toward something|pos2=third-person possessive suffix|nocat=y}}.<ref>{{R:Zaicz 2006}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{audio|hu|Hu-neki.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|hu|ne|ki}}
* {{rhymes|hu|ki|s=2}}

===Pronoun===
{{hu-pron|personal}}

# [[to]]/[[for]] [[him]]/[[her]]
#: {{syn|hu|számára|részére|javára|q3=only in certain senses}}
#: {{uxi|hu|Ezt a könyvet '''neki''' vettem.|I bought this book '''for her'''.}}
#: {{uxi|hu|Semmit se mondott '''neki'''.|She did not say anything '''to him'''.}}
#: {{uxi|hu|Virágot hozott '''neki'''.|He brought '''her''' flowers.}}
#: {{uxi|hu|('''Neki''') nincs testvére.|'''S/he''' doesn’t have any siblings.|lit=('''For him/her''') there is no his/her-sibling.}}

====Usage notes====
{{U:hu:separated-verbal-prefix}}

====Declension====
{{hu-apply-to-persprons|[[nekem]]/[[énnekem]]|[[neked]]/[[teneked]]|[[neki]]/[[őneki]]|[[nekünk]]/[[minekünk]]|[[nektek]]/[[tinektek]]|[[nekik]]/[[őnekik]]}}

===See also===
* {{l|hu|[[-nak]] / [[-nek]]|id=dative}}
* [[Appendix:Hungarian pronouns]]

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz}}

==Pipil==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ppl|azc-nah-pro|*nəki}}. Compare {{cog|nci|nequi||to want}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ppl|/ˈneki/|a=Izalco}}
* {{IPA|ppl|/ˈneɣi/|a=Witzapan}}

===Verb===
{{head|ppl|verb|head=-neki}}

# {{lb|ppl|transitive}} to [[want]]
#: {{uxi|ppl|[[inte|Inte]] [[ti-|ti]][[ki-|k]]'''neki'''[[-t|t]] ma [[puliwi]] ne Nawat, yajika [[ti-|ti]][[mu-|mu]][[machtia]]t.|We don't '''want''' Nawat to disappear, that's why we're learning (it).}}
# {{lb|ppl|transitive}} to [[love]]
#: {{uxi|ppl|[[ni-|Ni]][[metz-|metz]]'''neki'''.|I '''love''' you.}}
# {{lb|ppl|reflexive}} to [[need]], to be necessary
#: {{uxi|ppl|[[tejemet|Tejemet]] inte timu'''neki'''t [[taja]], [[tay|tey]] [[ne|né]] ti[[tech-|tech]][[chiwilia|chiwilij]][[-tuk|tuk]].|We don't '''need''' you after what you did to us.}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|sh|nȅkojī}}

===Etymology===
From {{af|sh|ne-}} + {{der|sh|sla-pro|*kъjь}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/nêkiː/}}
* {{hyphenation|sh|ne|ki}}
* {{rhymes|sh|jiː|s=2}}

===Pronoun===
{{sh-pronoun|head=nȅkī}}

# {{lb|sh|generally with countable nouns}} [[some]]
#: {{uxi|sh|neki ljudi čekaju|some people are waiting}}
#: {{uxi|sh|u neku ruku|in some way}}
#: {{uxi|sh|neko vr(ij)eme|for some time}}
#: {{uxi|sh|Vidio sam nekog lika pred tvojom kućom.|I saw some bloke in front of your house.}}
# {{lb|sh|in plural|without a noun|substantively}} [[some]] (people), [[people]]
#: {{uxi|sh|neki to vole žestoko|some like it hard}}
#: {{uxi|sh|neki su mi rekli da je dosadan|some people told me that he's boring}}
# {{lb|sh|with genitive}} [[some]], [[approximately]], [[around]]
#: {{uxi|sh|nekih sat vremena sam čitao knjigu|I was reading the book for around an hour}}
#: {{uxi|sh|nekih pola sata|around half an hour}}
#: {{uxi|sh|nekih 30 ljudi|about 30 people}}
# [[some]], [[certain]]
#: {{uxi|sh|do neke m(j)ere|to a certain extent}}

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-adj-1
|nsm=nȅkī
|nsf=nȅkā
|nsn=nȅkō
|gsm=nekog(a)
|gsf=neke
|gsn=nekog(a)
|dsm=nekom(u/e)
|dsf=nekoj
|dsn=nekom(u/e)
|asm=neki<br/>nekog(a)
|asf=neku
|asn=neko
|vsm=&mdash;
|vsf=&mdash;
|vsn=&mdash;
|lsm=nekom(u/e)
|lsf=nekoj
|lsn=nekom(u/e)
|ism=nekim(e)
|isf=nekom
|isn=nekim(e)
|npm=neki
|npf=neke
|npn=neka
|gpm=nekih
|gpf=nekih
|gpn=nekih
|dpm=nekim
|dpf=nekim
|dpn=nekim
|apm=neke
|apf=neke
|apn=neka
|vpm=&mdash;
|vpf=&mdash;
|vpn=&mdash;
|lpm=nekim
|lpf=nekim
|lpn=nekim
|ipm=nekim
|ipf=nekim
|ipn=nekim
}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|some}} {{m|sh|nešto}} {{q|with uncountable nouns}}

===References===
* {{R:sh:HJP|eF9uUBY%3D}}

{{cln|sh|terms prefixed with ne-|sort=ki}}

==Sranan Tongo==
{{Wiktionary:Picture dictionary/srn:head}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|srn|en|neck}} or {{der|srn|nl|nek}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|srn|/ne.ci/}}

===Noun===
{{head|srn|noun}}

# [[neck]]
# [[throat]]
#: {{syn|srn|inineki}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|srn
|neki-olo<t:throat>
|bakaneki<t:nape>
|soroneki<t:sore throat>
|ondroneki<t:front of the neck>
|dreineki<t:thirst>
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|djk|neki}}

===References===
{{R:srn:SIL}}

{{topics|srn|Anatomy}}