"wek" meaning in Northern Kurdish

See wek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

Etymology: Several possibilities, which one is true is uncertain. Perhaps from ew + -ek (lit. "an it") or we + -ek (lit. "a so") or from "ew e ku" ("it is that") or from we + ku ("so that"). For the last two compare nek from ne ku ("unless"; lit. "not that"). Compare Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”) which seems to rule out a few of these with the -û-, but it's possible it is loaned from Northern Kurdish. Dialectally used in the same way the -ek suffix is used (wekî, weke, weka, etc.). Etymology templates: {{cog|ckb|وەکوو|t=as, like}} Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”), {{m+|kmr|-}} Northern Kurdish Head templates: {{head|kmr|conjunction}} wek
  1. while
    Sense id: en-wek-kmr-conj-B6h1BziC Categories (other): Northern Kurdish prepositions Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish prepositions: 50 50 0
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Preposition

Etymology: Several possibilities, which one is true is uncertain. Perhaps from ew + -ek (lit. "an it") or we + -ek (lit. "a so") or from "ew e ku" ("it is that") or from we + ku ("so that"). For the last two compare nek from ne ku ("unless"; lit. "not that"). Compare Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”) which seems to rule out a few of these with the -û-, but it's possible it is loaned from Northern Kurdish. Dialectally used in the same way the -ek suffix is used (wekî, weke, weka, etc.). Etymology templates: {{cog|ckb|وەکوو|t=as, like}} Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”), {{m+|kmr|-}} Northern Kurdish Head templates: {{head|kmr|preposition}} wek
  1. as
    Sense id: en-wek-kmr-prep-9L-ff8vt Categories (other): Northern Kurdish prepositions Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish prepositions: 50 50 0
  2. such as
    Sense id: en-wek-kmr-prep-qA7VA3Y0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Northern Kurdish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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