leka

Faroese

Verb

leka (third person singular past indicative lek, third person plural past indicative lóku, supine likið)

1. to leak

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish slägga (“sledgehammer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlekɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ekɑ
• Syllabification^(key): le‧ka

Noun

leka

1. sledgehammer, maul

   Synonym: moukari

2. (colloquial) bottle (particularly of moonshine or other spirits)

Declension

Further reading

• “leka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Kela, kale, kela

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English letter.

Noun

leka

1. letter (mail)

Verb

leka

1. (transitive) to write a letter

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leka, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːka/

  Rhymes: -ɛːka

Verb

leka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lak, third-person plural past indicative láku, supine lekið)

1. (intransitive) to drip
2. (intransitive) to leak

   Geturðu lagað þakið? Það lekur.

   Can you fix the roof? It leaks.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to drip): drjúpa
• (to leak): vera lekur

Anagrams

• kela

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• leken

Noun

leka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of leke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leka, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Alternative forms

• leke (e-infinitive)

Verb

leka (present tense lek, past tense lak, supine leke, past participle leken, present participle lekande, imperative lek)

1. to drip, dribble
2. to leak

Etymology 2

Related to likka.

Alternative forms

• leke (e-infinitive)

Verb

leka (present tense lekar, past tense leka, past participle leka, passive infinitive lekast, present participle lekande, imperative leka/lek)

1. to move a little

References

• “leka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

Verb

leka (singular past indicative lak, plural past indicative láku, past participle lekinn)

1. to drip, dribble
2. (intransitive) to leak, be leaky

Conjugation

Descendants

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

leka

1. (transitive) to make leaky

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Adjective

leka

1. inflection of lekr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Noun

leka

1. inflection of leki:
   1. indefinite oblique singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

References

• “leka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną.

Verb

lēka

1. to move quickly
2. to flutter, swirl
3. to dance
4. to play

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: leka

Sotho

Verb

leka

1. to attempt

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lēka, from Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːˌka/

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Verb

leka (present leker, preterite lekte, supine lekt, imperative lek)

1. to play (like children)

   Barnen lekte

   The children were playing

   Barnen lekte att de var tigrar

   The children play-pretended that they were tigers

   Barnen lekte cirkus

   The children played circus (pretended they were in a circus or the like)

2. to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)

   Han lekte med pennan

   He played with his pencil

   Han bara leker med dig

   He's just playing with you

   leka med ord

   play with words

   leka med någons känslor

   play with someone's feelings

4. to pretend to be something (as part of children's play, or more generally by extension)

   leka doktor

   play doctor (pretend to be a doctor)

5. (biology) to lek

Usage notes

Usually intransitive except for (sense 3) and for certain activities (like "cirkus," kurragömma (“hide and seek”), tafatt (“tag”)), and blindbock (“blind man's buff”)). For playing more rule-bound or grown-up games, spela is used. Saying "leka fotboll" makes it sound like soccer is a kind of (free-form) play, or like you are only pretending to play soccer, as a form of play. See also lek.

Conjugation

Related terms

• lek

References

• leka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• leka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• leka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• leka in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• elak, kela, lake

Tongan

Noun

leka

1. child