tekit

tekit

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of tekinn

tekit

1. supine of taka

Compare Classical Nahuatl tequitl (“labor, tribute”)

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtekit/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈteɣit/

tekit (plural tejtekit)

1. work, chore, duty, job

   Nuteku itekiw tik ne kojtan

   My father's job was in the field

• tekiti (“to work”)
• -tekimaka (“to give work; command”)
• -tekipanua (“to maintain, serve”)

From Ottoman Turkish تأكید‎ (tekid), from Arabic تَأْكِيد‎ (taʾkīd), verbal noun of أَكَّدَ‎ (ʾakkada).

tekit (definite accusative tekiti, plural tekitler) (archaic)

1. corroboration
2. repeating
3. reiteration

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تأكید”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 337
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tekit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تأكید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 478
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN