"neka" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈnɛ.ka/
Etymology: From Arabic نَكَى (nakā). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|نَكَى}} Arabic نَكَى (nakā) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jinki|minki|vn=nkejja}} neka (imperfect jinki, past participle minki, verbal noun nkejja) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|nkejt|nkejt|neka|nkiet|nkejna|nkejtu|nkew|ninki|tinki|jinki|tinki|ninku|tinku|jinku|inki|inku}} Forms: jinki [imperfect], minki [participle, past], nkejja [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], nkejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], nkejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], neka [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], nkejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], nkejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], nkew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], nkejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], nkejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], nkiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], nkejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], nkejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], nkew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], ninki [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tinki [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jinki [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], ninku [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tinku [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jinku [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], ninki [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tinki [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tinki [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], ninku [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tinku [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jinku [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], inki [imperative, second-person, singular], inku [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to tease, to annoy, to spite
    Sense id: en-neka-mt-verb-08JcaP-b Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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