heka

See also: hèkǎ

English

Etymology

From Egyptian ḥkꜣ.

Noun

heka (uncountable)

1. (Ancient Egypt) A mystic animating force present in the universe, used by deities and people.
   • 1998, Ogden Goelet, Jr., edited by Eva von Dassow, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, 2nd edition, page 146:

     Endowed with heka, both people and the gods can make words and wishes effective.

   • 2004, Rosemary Clark, The Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt, page 359:

     The distinction between white (life-giving) and black (life-destroying) magic was not simplistically defined, because heka was viewed as a neutral force.

   • 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 45:

     Heka was especially expressed in words, spoken or written, but also by ritual, often linked to particular stones, plants and incenses.

Anagrams

• Hake, hake

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /he.ˈka/

Verb

heka

1. to search for, look for, seek

Conjugation

    Conjugation of heka

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
active
	indicative	che aheka	nde reheka	ha'e oheka	ñande jaheka	ore roheka	peẽ peheka	ha'ekuéra oheka/oheka hikuái
	hortative	taheka che	tereheka nde	toheka ha'e	tajaheka ñande	taroheka ore	tapeheka peẽ	toheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eheka	-	-	-	peheka	-
passive
	indicative	che ajeheka	nde rejeheka	ha'e ojeheka	ñande jajeheka	ore rojeheka	peẽ pejeheka	ha'ekuéra ojeheka/ojeheka hikuái
	hortative	tajeheka che	terejeheka nde	tojeheka ha'e	tajajeheka ñande	tarojeheka ore	tapejeheka peẽ	tojeheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejeheka	-	-	-	pejeheka	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajoheka	ore rojoheka	peẽ pejoheka	ha'ekuéra ojoheka/ojoheka hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajoheka ñande	tarojoheka ore	tapejoheka peẽ	tojoheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejoheka	-
coactive
	indicative	che amboheka	nde remboheka	ha'e omboheka	ñande ñamboheka	ore romboheka	peẽ pemboheka	ha'ekuéra omboheka/omboheka hikuái
	hortative	tamboheka che	teremboheka nde	tomboheka ha'e	tañamboheka ñande	taromboheka ore	tapemboheka peẽ	tomboheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	emboheka	-	-	-	pemboheka	-
objective
	indicative	che aroheka/agueroheka	nde reroheka/regueroheka	ha'e oroheka/ogueroheka	ñande jaroheka/jagueroheka	ore roroheka/rogueroheka	peẽ peroheka/pegueroheka	ha'ekuéra oroheka/ogueroheka//oroheka/ogueroheka hikuái
	hortative	taroheka/tagueroheka che	tereroheka/teregueroheka nde	toroheka/togueroheka ha'e	tajaroheka/tajagueroheka ñande	taroroheka/tarogueroheka ore	taperoheka/tapegueroheka peẽ	toroheka/togueroheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eroheka/egueroheka	-	-	-	peroheka/pegueroheka	-
subsuntive¹
	indicative	che aporoheka/amba'eheka	nde reporoheka/remba'eheka	ha'e oporoheka/omba'eheka	ñande japoroheka/ñamba'eheka	ore roporoheka/romba'eheka	peẽ peporoheka/pemba'eheka	ha'ekuéra oporoheka/omba'eheka//oporoheka/omba'eheka hikuái
	hortative	taporoheka/tamba'eheka che	tereporoheka/teremba'eheka nde	toporoheka/tomba'eheka ha'e	tajaporoheka/tañamba'eheka ñande	taroporoheka/taromba'eheka ore	tapeporoheka/tapemba'eheka peẽ	toporoheka/tomba'eheka ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eporoheka/emba'eheka	-	-	-	peporoheka/pemba'eheka	-
		¹: the subsuntive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• heke (e-infinitive)

Verb

heka (present tense hekar, past tense heka, past participle heka, passive infinitive hekast, present participle hekande, imperative heka/hek)

1. (intransitive) to be in doubt or uncertain

Usage notes

• This is a split infinitive verb.

References

• “heka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• hake