blaka

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See also: blakā and błąka

Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

blaka (third person singular past indicative blakaði, third person plural past indicative blakað, supine blakað)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: kasta, syfta, tveita

Conjugation

Conjugation of blaka (group v-30)
infinitive blaka
supine blakað
present past
first singular blaki blakaði
second singular blakar blakaði
third singular blakar blakaði
plural blaka blakaðu
participle (a6)1 blakandi blakaður
imperative
singular blaka!
plural blakið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blaka, from Proto-Germanic *blak, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (to swing back and forth).

Verb

blaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative blakaði, supine blakað)

  1. to flap using something, to flutter using something
    blaka vængjunum.
    To flap one's wings.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

blaka

  1. indefinite genitive plural of blak

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German blak, black, from Old Saxon *blak, from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz, still mentioned in late 19th-century dictionaries, but since then replaced by another 19th-century borrowing, tinte.

Noun

blaka f (4th declension)

  1. (archaic) ink

Declension

Synonyms

Sranan Tongo

Blaka

Etymology

From English black. Compare Maroon Spirit Language blaka, Jamaican Creole blak, Krio blak.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

blaka

  1. black

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aukan: baakaa
  • Saramaccan: baáka
  • Caribbean Hindustani: blaaka

Verb

blaka

  1. blacken
  2. defame, rat on

Descendants

See also

Colours in Sranan Tongo (kloru) (layout · text)
     redi      geri      blaw      grun      weti
     blaka      broin      alanya      lila     

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “blaka”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
  1. ^ Kenneth M. Bilby (1983) “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the Creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 54