wek

Several possibilities, which one is true is uncertain. Perhaps from ew + -ek (lit. "an it") or we + -ek (lit. "a so") or from "ew e ku" ("it is that") or from we + ku ("so that"). For the last two compare nek from ne ku ("unless"; lit. "not that"). Compare Central Kurdish وەکوو (wekû, “as, like”) which seems to rule out a few of these with the -û-, but it's possible it is loaned from Northern Kurdish. Dialectally used in the same way the -ek suffix is used (wekî, weke, weka, etc.).

• Mirov û heywan ne wek hev in.

• Ew li gelek welatan geriyaye, wek Almanya, Fransa, Swêd û Amerîka.

Dibe ku ji ew + -ek an we (“wisan”) + -ek, (lewma weke, wekî), bide ber soranî وەکوو (wekû) (ji wekî). An jî dibe ku ew e ku an we ku, bide ber soranî نەک (nek, “ne ku”).