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 (taʔkīd), verbal noun of أَكَّدَ (ʔakkada).

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