enke

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Creek

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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enke

  1. his/her hand

Inflection

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References

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  • J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 28
  • J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish ænkia (widow), from Old Norse (east) *enkja, (west) ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, cognate with Swedish änka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛnkə/, [ˈɛŋɡ̊ə]

Noun

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enke c (singular definite enken, plural indefinite enker)

  1. widow

Declension

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Middle English

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Noun

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enke

  1. Alternative form of ynke

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Danish ænkia (widow), Old East Norse variant of Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ.

Noun

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enke f or m (definite singular enka or enken, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene)

  1. a widow (woman whose husband has died)
  2. (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow

Antonyms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ekkja (widow), via Danish enke.

Noun

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enke f (definite singular enka, indefinite plural enker, definite plural enkene)

  1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)
  2. (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow

Antonyms

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Old French

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Noun

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enke oblique singularm (oblique plural enkes, nominative singular enkes, nominative plural enke)

  1. Alternative form of enque