A noun signifying knowledge, comprehension, or insight, often denoting awareness or understanding acquired through observation, experience, or reflection. Its use can reference both human knowledge or understanding (intellectual or experiential grasp of information) and, less frequently, divine knowledge. In some contexts it can also signify the faculty or capacity to know or form opinions.

Etymology Derived from the root ידה (yada‘), meaning 'to know,' with the abstract noun formation yielding דֵּעַ to indicate the state, quality, or content of knowing or knowledge. The root refers to perception, recognition, or discernment, but the noun itself is especially focused on what is known or the capacity for such knowledge.

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Bemba teka to understand, to reason, to think out, to think teka
Kaonde teka to think, to reason, to plan -tek-
Lamba teka to plan, to reason -tek-