neca
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Adverb
neca
Latin
Verb
necā
- second-person singular present active imperative of necō
- "kill thou, murder thou"
- (figuratively) "thwart thou, check thou"
References
- "neca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin nec (“nor, not”).
Pronoun
neca
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
neca f (plural necas)
Derived terms
- aquendar a neca
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
neca f (plural necas)
- (Mozambique) synonym of amarelinha (“hopscotch”)
Further reading
- “neca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “neca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025