Unit prefix or if letters such as "T", which are already in use as SI units or prefixes, will again be skipped. Several personal proposals have been made for extending the series of prefixes, with ascending terms such as "xenna, weka, vendeka" (from Greek "ennea" (9), "deka" (10), "endeka" (11)) and descending terms such as "xono", "weco", "vundo" (from Latin "novem/nona" (9), "dec" (10), "undec" (11). Using Greek for ascending and Latin for descending would be consistent with established prefixes such as "deca, hecto, kilo" vs "deci, centi, milli"). Although some of these are repeated on the internet, none are in actual
DEKA (New Zealand) DEKA (New Zealand) DEKA was a nationwide chain of general merchandise stores in New Zealand. It was launched in 1988 by L.D. Nathan, which split its supermarket and general merchandise divisions. In 1992 ownership of DEKA shifted to the Farmers Trading Company, which had until then been a competitor. As a result of unsustainable financial losses, all DEKA stores were either closed or converted to Farmers stores in 2001. In 1985 L.D. Nathan split their business into two separate divisions; supermarkets and general merchandise after acquiring the McKenzies general merchandise stores. In 1988 L.D Nathan rebranded their General Merchandise business