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yek
yek
See also: -yek
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl yēctli (“something good”)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈjeːk/
Adjective
yēk
- good
- Ini amat sujsul yek.
- This book is really good.
- Ini amat sujsul yek.
- good, righteous, kind, moral
- Se takat tesu yek su tichteki
- A man is not good if he steals
- Se takat tesu yek su tichteki
- right, correct
- Tay ne inak ne tamachtiani inte yek
- What the professor said is not right
- Tay ne inak ne tamachtiani inte yek
- healthy
Adverb
yēk
- well, correctly
- Te niweli nitachia yek tik ne mishti
- I can't see well in the mist
- Kia taketza Nawat yek ne nueltiw
- My sister does speak Nawat (Pipil) well
- Te niweli nitachia yek tik ne mishti
Romani
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haykas (compare Sanskrit एक (éka), Hindi एक (ek)/Urdu ایک (ek), Persian یِک (yek)), from Proto-Indo-European *Hóykos.
Numeral
yek
- (cardinal) one