cheka

See also: Cheka

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀙𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• छेक (Devanagari script)
• ছেক (Bengali script)
• ඡෙක (Sinhalese script)
• ဆေက or ꧡေၵ (Burmese script)
• เฉก or เฉกะ (Thai script)
• ᨨᩮᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຉກ or ເຉກະ (Lao script)
• ឆេក (Khmer script)
• 𑄍𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Adjective

cheka

1. clever
2. skillful

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cèka.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-cheka (infinitive kucheka)

1. to laugh

Conjugation

Conjugation of -cheka
Positive present -nacheka Subjunctive -cheke Negative -cheki Imperative singular cheka
Infinitives
Positive kucheka Negative kutocheka
Imperatives
Singular cheka Plural chekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hucheka Positive past positive subject concord + -licheka Negative past negative subject concord + -kucheka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nacheka) Singular Plural 1st person ninacheka/nacheka tunacheka 2nd person unacheka mnacheka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anacheka wanacheka other classes positive subject concord + -nacheka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -cheki) Singular Plural 1st person sicheki hatucheki 2nd person hucheki hamcheki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hacheki hawacheki other classes negative subject concord + -cheki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tacheka Negative future negative subject concord + -tacheka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -cheke) Singular Plural 1st person nicheke tucheke 2nd person ucheke mcheke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) acheke wacheke other classes positive subject concord + -cheke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sicheke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngecheka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singecheka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalicheka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalicheka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -acheka) Singular Plural 1st person nacheka twacheka 2nd person wacheka mwacheka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) acheka wacheka m-mi(III/IV) wacheka yacheka ji-ma(V/VI) lacheka yacheka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chacheka vyacheka n(IX/X) yacheka zacheka u(XI) wacheka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwacheka pa(XVI) pacheka mu(XVIII) mwacheka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mecheka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshacheka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jacheka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kicheka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipocheka Consecutive kacheka / positive subject concord + -kacheka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kacheke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nicheka -tucheka 2nd person -kucheka -wacheka/-kuchekeni/-wachekeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mcheka -wacheka m-mi(III/IV) -ucheka -icheka ji-ma(V/VI) -licheka -yacheka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kicheka -vicheka n(IX/X) -icheka -zicheka u(XI) -ucheka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kucheka pa(XVI) -pacheka mu(XVIII) -mucheka Reflexive -jicheka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -cheka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chekaye -chekao m-mi(III/IV) -chekao -chekayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chekalo -chekayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chekacho -chekavyo n(IX/X) -chekayo -chekazo u(XI) -chekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chekako pa(XVI) -chekapo mu(XVIII) -chekamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -cheka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yecheka -ocheka m-mi(III/IV) -ocheka -yocheka ji-ma(V/VI) -locheka -yocheka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chocheka -vyocheka n(IX/X) -yocheka -zocheka u(XI) -ocheka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kocheka pa(XVI) -pocheka mu(XVIII) -mocheka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -chekea (“laugh at”)
  • Causative: -chekesha (“joke, kid”)
  • Passive: -chekwa (“laughed at”)
  • Reciprocal: -chekana (“to laugh with each other; ridicule each other”)
  • Reduplicative: -chekacheka (“to giggle”)
  • Stative: -chekeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • kicheko (“laughter”)

Tumbuka

Noun

cheka class 5

1. (euphemistic) dysmenorrhea

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎, Central Africana Limited, page 14