I am looking for some clarification as to the connotations/meanings of both
なんかいいな and 焼いてるin the following snippet -

> なんかいいな、と思ってよ。 お前がそんな風に誰かの世話焼いてるところなんて、見たことなかったからな…

I have heard that なんていいな can mean jealousy or envy (but not in a serious way)
the above passage says なんかいいな however, か instead of て, Is なんかいいな the same as
なんていいな ?

焼いてる Refers to burning, but I've heard that this can also mean jealousy/envy
in some instances, looking at the above passage I think this might be right,
can someone confirm? With the ところ following it, it makes me think that it
could mean 'on the verge of jealousy' is that right?
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Does なんかいいな and 焼いてるboth refer to jealousy?
> 「なんかいいな、と思{おも}ってよ。 お前{まえ}がそんな風{ふう}に誰{だれ}かの世話焼{せわや}いてるところなんて、見{み}たことなかったからな…」

You seem a little confused here. **There is no implied or explicit mention of
"jealousy" in this passage**. Sorry if this comes as a surprise, but someone
has to say it.

「なんかいいな」 could express jealousy in other contexts but not here. It only means
" **It's kinda nice.** " here.

> " Is なんかいいな the same as なんていいな ?"

No, not at all. 「なんか」, as I used in my translation above, means "kinda" or
"sorta". 「なんていいな」 cannot replace it in the context in question.

Same goes for 「焼いている」. You must be imagining another context/situation.

Here, it is used in the idiomatic expression 「世話を焼く」, which means " **to take
great care of** " with the nuance "perhaps even too much".

> "With the ところ following it, it makes me think that it could mean 'on the
> verge of jealousy' is that right?"

No, it is not. 「ところ」 refers to the actual "scene" where the person was taking
care of another.
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