raka

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Balinese

Romanization

raka

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬓ

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

raka

  1. genitive/accusative singular of rak

Faroese

Verb

raka (third person singular past indicative rakti, third person plural past indicative rakað, supine rakað)

  1. to hit, to strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of raka (group v-29-30)
infinitive raka
supine rakað
participle (a5
(a39)/a6)1
rakandi raktur/
rakaður
present past
first singular raki rakti/
rakaði
second singular rakar rakti/
rakaði
third singular rakar rakti/
rakaði
plural raka raktu/
rakaðu
imperative
singular raka!
plural rakið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Verb

raka (third person singular past indicative rakaði, third person plural past indicative rakað, supine rakað)

  1. to shave

Conjugation

Conjugation of raka (group v-30)
infinitive raka
supine rakað
participle (a6)1 rakandi rakaður
present past
first singular raki rakaði
second singular rakar rakaði
third singular rakar rakaði
plural raka rakaðu
imperative
singular raka!
plural rakið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Garo

Etymology 1

Verb

raka

  1. to be bright, to be hard

Etymology 2

From raka (to be hard), symbolising how the alphabet represents a hard sound.

Noun

raka

  1. the name of an alphabet in Garo, symbolised by a dot or apostrophe representing the glottal stop.

Gothic

Romanization

raka

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

raka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rakaði, supine rakað)

  1. to rake
  2. to shave
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

raka

  1. indefinite accusative singular of raki
  2. indefinite dative singular of raki
  3. indefinite genitive singular of raki

Etymology 3

Noun

raka

  1. indefinite genitive plural of rök

Javanese

Romanization

raka

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦏ

Karelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рак (rak).

Noun

raka (genitive rakan, partitive )

  1. (pathology) cancer
    häńeĺĺä oĺi raka, rakan tuattši hiän kuoĺi.He died because he had cancer.

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “raka”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Latvian

Verb

raka

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of rakt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

raka

  1. genitive singular of rak
  2. accusative singular of rak
  3. nominative dual of rak

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *laka₁ (compare with Tahitian raʻa, Samoan laʻa and laʻalaʻa, and Tongan laka “to step, to march, to move forward, to proceed”) from Proto-Oceanic *laka (compare with Fijian laka) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare with Malay langkah)[1][2]

Verb

raka

  1. to step on something
    Synonym: hikoi

Noun

raka

  1. step, walk, trek
    Synonym: hīkoi

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “laka.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 394

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lock.

Noun

raka

  1. lock

References

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “raka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 373
  • raka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse raka. Similar to Swedish raka (to rake or shave). Akin to English rake.

Verb

raka (present tense rakar, past tense raka, past participle raka, passive infinitive rakast, present participle rakande, imperative raka/rak)

  1. to rake (use a rake on leaves, a lawn, etc.)
  2. to shave

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German .

Verb

raka

  1. to concern (mainly used in the negative sense)
    Det rakar deg ikkje.
    It does not concern you / It is none of your business.

References

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed ra- +‎ aka (elder sibling).

Pronunciation

Noun

raka

  1. elder sibling

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦫꦏ (raka)
  • Balinese: ᬭᬓ (raka)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raką.

Verb

raka

  1. to scrape

Descendants

References

  • raka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch raken.

Verb

raka

  1. to hit

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ra‧ka

Noun

raka m

  1. genitive/accusative singular of rak

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

raka

  1. inflection of rak:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Noun

raka c

  1. a (long) straight section of a road
    Antonyms: kurva, krök
  2. a rake; a garden tool

Declension

Verb

raka (present rakar, preterite rakade, supine rakat, imperative raka)

  1. (transitive) to shave
    Han rakade sig innan han gick till jobbet.
    He shaved before going to work.
  2. to rake; to use a garden rake on (leaves etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

raka

  1. husband

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

raka

  1. (stative) to be funny
Conjugation
Conjugation of raka
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toraka foraka miraka
2nd noraka niraka
3rd Masculine oraka iraka, yoraka
Feminine moraka
Neuter iraka
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh