-k

English

Etymology

From Middle English -ken, -kien, from Old English -cian, from Proto-Germanic *-kōną. Cognate with West Frisian -kje, German -chen, Danish -ke, Swedish -ka. Perhaps related to Old English diminutive suffix -uc, -oc. More at -ock.

Suffix

-k

  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) A suffix found in words of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect.
    tale, talk; steal, stalk; smile, smirk; mire, mirk; lour, lurk; hear, hark; fare, firk; yare, yark

Abenaki

Suffix

-k

  1. A suffix used to form the plurals of some animate words.
    tmakwa (“beaver”) → tmakwak (“beavers”)

Usage notes

  • Used to form the plurals of almost all words that end in a, and of some words that end in other vowels or in the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants.
  • See the usage notes at -ak.

Chuukese

Suffix

-k

  1. (added to verbs) you (singular, indirect object suffix)

Estonian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Finnish -kko.

Suffix

-k (genitive -ku, partitive -kut)

  1. Derives nouns from verbs, or sometimes from other nominals. The derivations can express the following:
    1. a single instance of an action
      minema (“to go”) → minek (“a going”)
      ründama (“to attack”) → rünnak (“an attack”)
    2. the object of an action
      õppima (“to study”) → õpik (“textbook”)
Declension
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Cognate with Finnish -kki.

Suffix

-k (genitive -ki, partitive -kit)

  1. Derives nouns from verbs denoting an instrument of action.
    sõitma (“to drive”) → sõiduk (“vehicle”)
    hõljuma (“to hover”) → hõljuk (“hovercraft”)
    tõstma (“to raise”) → tõstuk (“lift”)
Declension
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

May be the same as etymology 2.

Suffix

-k (genitive -gi, partitive -ki)

  1. Derives nouns from verbs, or sometimes from other nominals. The derivations can express the following:
    1. the result of an action
      jääma (“to remain”) → jääk (“residue, remainder”)
      saama (“to receive”) → saak (“yield”)
    2. the object of an action
      sööma (“to eat”) → söök (“food”)
      jooma (“to drink”) → jook (“drink, beverage”)

Hungarian

Suffix

-k

  1. (plural suffix) -s, -es
    hajó (“ship”) → hajók (“ships”)
    alma (“apple”) → almák (“apples”)
    mese (“fairy tale”) → mesék (“fairy tales”)
  2. (personal suffix) Denotes the first-person singular present tense in verb suffixes for all moods (indicative, conditional and subjunctive).
    ír (“to write”) →
    írok (“I write, I am writing”)
    írnék (“I would write”)
    írjak (“I should write”)
  3. Pre-historic diminutive suffix.
    lélek (“soul”)
    fészek (“nest”)

Usage notes

  • (plural suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -k is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    nő (“woman”) →‎ nők (“women”)
    fa (“tree”) →‎ fák (“trees”)
    csésze (“cup”) →‎ csészék (“cups”)
    -ak is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
    ház (“house”) →‎ házak (“houses”)
    -ok is added to some back vowel words ending in a consonant
    pad (“bench”) →‎ padok (“benches”)
    -ek is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
    kert (“garden”) →‎ kertek (“gardens”)
    -ök is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
    kör (“circle”) →‎ körök (“circles”)

See also

  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Lower Sorbian

Suffix

-k

  1. used on masculine nouns to form a diminutive

Derived terms

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Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From both Arabic ـَكَ‎ (-aka) and ـِكِ‎ (-iki)

Pronoun

-k m, f

  1. you (object pronoun, second person singular)

Veps

Particle

-k

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “а, ли”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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