reka

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vreka (the v had disappeared already in later Old West Norse).

Verb

reka (third person singular past indicative rak, third person plural past indicative róku, supine rikið)

  1. to drive, to drift

Conjugation

Conjugation of reka (group v-56)
infinitive reka
supine rikið
participle (a26)1 rekandi rikin
present past
first singular reki rak
second singular rekur rakst
third singular rekur rak
plural reka róku
imperative
singular rek!
plural rekið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vreka (the v had disappeared already in later Old West Norse), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

Verb

reka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative rak, third-person plural past indicative ráku, supine rekið)

  1. to drive (forward or away)
  2. to run (a farm, business, etc.)
  3. coerce, drive (someone to do something)
  4. to hammer, hit (iron)
  5. (impersonal) to cause to drift
    Bátinn (acc.) rak út á haf.
    The boat drifted out to sea.
Conjugation
reka — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að reka
supine
(sagnbót) 		rekið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		rekandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég rek við rekum present
(nútíð) 		ég reki við rekum
þú rekur þið rekið þú rekir þið rekið
hann, hún, það rekur þeir, þær, þau reka hann, hún, það reki þeir, þær, þau reki
past
(þátíð) 		ég rak við rákum past
(þátíð) 		ég ræki við rækjum
þú rakst þið rákuð þú rækir þið rækjuð
hann, hún, það rak þeir, þær, þau ráku hann, hún, það ræki þeir, þær, þau rækju
imperative
(boðháttur) 		rek (þú) rekið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
rektu rekiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
rekast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að rekast
supine
(sagnbót) 		rekist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		rekandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég rekst við rekumst present
(nútíð) 		ég rekist við rekumst
þú rekst þið rekist þú rekist þið rekist
hann, hún, það rekst þeir, þær, þau rekast hann, hún, það rekist þeir, þær, þau rekist
past
(þátíð) 		ég rakst við rákumst past
(þátíð) 		ég rækist við rækjumst
þú rakst þið rákust þú rækist þið rækjust
hann, hún, það rakst þeir, þær, þau rákust hann, hún, það rækist þeir, þær, þau rækjust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		rekst (þú) rekist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
rekstu rekisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
rekinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		rekinn rekin rekið reknir reknar rekin
accusative
(þolfall) 		rekinn rekna rekið rekna reknar rekin
dative
(þágufall) 		reknum rekinni reknu reknum reknum reknum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		rekins rekinnar rekins rekinna rekinna rekinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		rekni rekna rekna reknu reknu reknu
accusative
(þolfall) 		rekna reknu rekna reknu reknu reknu
dative
(þágufall) 		rekna reknu rekna reknu reknu reknu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		rekna reknu rekna reknu reknu reknu
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse reka.

Noun

reka f (genitive singular reku, nominative plural rekur)

  1. shovel
Declension
declension of reka
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reka rekan rekur rekurnar
accusative reku rekuna rekur rekurnar
dative reku rekunni rekum rekunum
genitive reku rekunnar reka/rekna rekanna/reknanna
Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay reka from Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā, “outline, drawing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: rè‧ka

Verb

reka

  1. work, measures.
    Synonyms: susun, atur, tata

Affixed terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā, “outline, drawing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ré‧ka
  • Rhymes: -a

Verb

reka (Jawi spelling ريک)

  1. create, invent
    Synonym: cipta
  2. arrange, measure.
    Synonyms: susun, atur, tata
  3. compose
    Synonym: karang

Affixed terms

Derived terms

Further reading

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leka (compare Hawaiian leʻa, Tahitian ʻārearea, Tongan neka and nekaneka).

Adjective

reka

  1. nice, pleasant
  2. sweet (of taste)
  3. tasty

Noun

reka

  1. sweetness

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 408-9
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “leka”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

  • “reka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

reka f

  1. definite feminine singular of reke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

reka f

  1. definite singular of reke

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rekǭ, *rakō (“rake”), whence also Old Saxon reka, Old High German recho. Also related to Old English raca, racu.

Noun

reka f

  1. shovel
Descendants
  • Icelandic: reka
  • Norwegian: reka, reke

Etymology 2

From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

Verb

reka

  1. to drive
Conjugation
Conjugation of reka — active (strong class 5)
infinitive reka
present participle rekandi
past participle rekinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular rek rak
2nd-person singular rekr rakt
3rd-person singular rekr rak
1st-person plural rekum rákum
2nd-person plural rekið rákuð
3rd-person plural reka ráku
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular reka ræka
2nd-person singular rekir rækir
3rd-person singular reki ræki
1st-person plural rekim rækim
2nd-person plural rekið rækið
3rd-person plural reki ræki
imperative present
2nd-person singular rek
1st-person plural rekum
2nd-person plural rekið
Conjugation of reka — mediopassive (strong class 5)
infinitive rekask
present participle rekandisk
past participle rekizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular rekumk rákumk
2nd-person singular reksk rakzk
3rd-person singular reksk raksk
1st-person plural rekumsk rákumsk
2nd-person plural rekizk rákuzk
3rd-person plural rekask rákusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular rekumk rækumk
2nd-person singular rekisk rækisk
3rd-person singular rekisk rækisk
1st-person plural rekimsk rækimsk
2nd-person plural rekizk rækizk
3rd-person plural rekisk rækisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular reksk
1st-person plural rekumsk
2nd-person plural rekizk
Descendants

See vreka.

References

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěka, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rey- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rěːka/
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  • Hyphenation: re‧ka

Noun

réka f (Cyrillic spelling ре́ка, diminutive rèčica, augmentative rèčina, relational adjective rȇčnī)

  1. a river

Declension

Declension of reka
singular plural
nominative reka reke
genitive reke reka
dative reci rekama
accusative reku reke
vocative reko reke
locative reci rekama
instrumental rekom rekama

See also

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

Pronunciation

Noun

rẹ́ka f

  1. (geography) river

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. réka
gen. sing. réke
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		réka réki réke
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		réke rék rék
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		réki rékama rékam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		réko réki réke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		réki rékah rékah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		réko rékama rékami

Noun

reka

  1. inflection of rek:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Further reading

  • “reka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Sotho

Verb

reka

  1. to buy

Swedish

Etymology 1

Clipping of rekognosera. Attested since the 1960s.

Verb

reka (present rekar, preterite rekade, supine rekat, imperative reka)

  1. (colloquial) reconnoiter
Conjugation
Conjugation of reka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive reka rekas
Supine rekat rekats
Imperative reka —
Imper. plural1 reken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative rekar rekade rekas rekades
Ind. plural1 reka rekade rekas rekades
Subjunctive2 reke rekade rekes rekades
Participles
Present participle rekande
Past participle rekad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

Clipping of rekommendera. Attested since the 1950s.

Verb

reka (present rekar, preterite rekade, supine rekat, imperative reka)

  1. (colloquial, rare) recommend
Conjugation
Conjugation of reka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive reka rekas
Supine rekat rekats
Imperative reka —
Imper. plural1 reken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative rekar rekade rekas rekades
Ind. plural1 reka rekade rekas rekades
Subjunctive2 reke rekade rekes rekades
Participles
Present participle rekande
Past participle rekad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

reka

  1. (stative) to be apart

Conjugation

Conjugation of reka
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toreka foreka mireka
2nd noreka nireka
3rd Masculine oreka ireka, yoreka†
Feminine moreka
Neuter ireka
† - archaic

References

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

Tswana

Pronunciation

Verb

go rêka (perfect rekile)

  1. to buy
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