nake

English

Etymology

From Middle English naken (“to nake”), from Old English nacian (“to bare, strip, make naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną (“to make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ- (“to make naked”). Cognate with Old Norse nǫkkva (“to bare, expose”). More at naked.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪk

Verb

nake (third-person singular simple present nakes, present participle naking, simple past and past participle naked)

1. (now chiefly Scotland) To make naked; to bare.
   • 1606, Thomas Middleton, The Revenger's Tragedy, act 4, scene 4:

     Come, be ready, nake your swords.

Synonyms

• expose, reveal; see also Thesaurus:reveal

Translations

Translations

Spanish: desnudar (es), calatear

Anagrams

• Kane, Kean, aken, enka, kaen, kena

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈke/ [nʌˈkɛ]
• Hyphenation: na‧ke

Verb

naké (passive nakiimé)

1. (transitive) to drink (milk)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nake (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	nakéh	naktéh	nakéh	naktéh	naknéh	nakteeníh	nakeeníh
	N-affirmative	naké	nakté	naké	nakté	nakné	naktén	nakén
	negative	mánakinniyo	mánakinnito	mánakinna	mánakinna	mánakinnino	mánakinniton	mánakinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	nakáh	naktáh	nakáh	naktáh	naknáh	naktaanáh	nakaanáh
	N-affirmative	naká	naktá	naká	naktá	nakná	naktán	nakán
	negative	mánaka	mánakta	mánaka	mánakta	mánakna	mánaktan	mánakan
prospective	V-affirmative	nakéliyoh nakéyyoh	nakélitoh nakéttoh	nakéleh	nakéleh	nakélinoh nakénnoh	nakélitoonuh nakéttoonuh	nakéloonuh
	N-affirmative	nakéliyo nakéyyo	nakélito nakétto	nakéle	nakéle	nakélino nakénno	nakéliton nakétton	nakélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	nákuh	náktuh	nákuh	náktuh	nákuh	naktóonuh	nakóonuh
	N-affirmative	náku	náktu	náku	náktu	náku	naktón	nakón
	negative	naké wáyuh	naké wáytuh	naké wáyuh	naké wáytuh	naké wáynuh	naké waytóonuh	naké wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	nakánkeh	naktánkeh	nakánkeh	naktánkeh	naknánkeh	naktaanánkeh	nakaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	nakánke	naktánke	nakánke	naktánke	naknánke	naktaanánke	nakaanánke
	negative	naké wáankeh	naké waytánkeh	naké wáankeh	naké waytánkeh	naké waynánkeh	naké waytaanánkeh	naké wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	nákay	náktay	nákay	náktay	náknay	naktóonay	nakóonay
	negative	naké wáay	naké wáytay	naké wáay	naké wáytay	naké wáynay	naké waytóonay	naké wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	nakinniyóy	nakinnitóy	nakinnáy	nakinnáy	nakinninóy	nakinnitoonúy	nakinnoonúy
	negative	naké wanniyóy	naké wannitóy	naké wannáy	naké wannáy	naké wanninóy	naké wannitoonúy	naké wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	nakék	nakték	nakék	nakték	naknék	nakteeník	nakeeník
	negative	naké wéek	naké wayték	naké wéek	naké wayték	naké waynék	naké wayteeník	naké weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	nakóo	naknóo	imperative	affirmative	nák	náka
	negative	manakóo	manaknóo		negative	mánakin	mánakina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
nákah	náki	nákak	nakínnuh	nakínnuk	nakíyya	nakináanih	nakináan
Compound tenses past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké imperfect potential II affirmative imperfective + -m + takké negative naké + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative naké + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative naké + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis naké + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “nake”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Creek

Pronunciation

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [nɑ̂ˑɡi]
• Hyphenation: na‧ke

Pronoun

nake

1. what?
2. something

Noun

nake

1. thing

Inflection

Possessive inflection of nake (inalienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	cvnake	ponake
Second person	cenake
Third person	enake
Indefinite	estenake

References

• J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 78
• J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 143

Dutch

Verb

nake

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of naken

Anagrams

• Aken, aken, kane

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from naked.

Alternative forms

• naken

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːk(ə)/

Adjective

nake

1. (rare) naked, exposed, miserly

Descendants

• Yola: naaghen

References

• “nāke, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 September 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

nake

1. alternative form of nekke

Etymology 3

Verb

nake

1. alternative form of naken

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nakent

Adjective

nake

1. neuter singular of naken