funka

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish funka.

Verb

funka (present tense funkar, past tense funka, past participle funka, passive infinitive funkast, present participle funkande, imperative funka/funk)

  1. (intransitive) to work, function
    Synonym: fungera

References

Swedish

Etymology

From the funk- in funktion which is borrowed from Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiōnem, accusative of functiō (performance, execution), from functus perfect participle of fungor (I perform, I execute, I discharge). Doublet of fungera, which is borrowed from Latin fungor via German fungieren.

Pronunciation

Verb

funka (present funkar, preterite funkade, supine funkat, imperative funka)

  1. (informal) to function, to work, to operate, to be in operation
    Synonym: fungera

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Danish: funke
  • Norwegian Bokmål: funke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: funke