Faroese

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to drive, to drift

Conjugation

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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

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse reka.

Noun

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reka f (genitive singular reku, nominative plural rekur)

  1. shovel
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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reka (active mereka, passive direka)

  1. to compile, arrange
    Synonyms: susun, atur
  2. to design, plan
    Synonyms: rancang, rencanakan
  3. to trick, invent, fabricate
    Synonyms: buat-buat, karang
  4. (rare) to think, guess
    Synonyms: kira, tebak

Noun

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reka

  1. Synonym of rekaan

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā, outline, drawing).

Pronunciation

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

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reka (Jawi spelling ريک)

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

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Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *leka (compare Hawaiian leʻa, Tahitian ʻārearea, Tongan neka and nekaneka).[1][2]

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reka

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

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reka

  1. sweetness

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], 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

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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reka f

  1. definite feminine singular of reke

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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reka f

  1. definite singular of reke

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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reka f

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

Etymology 2

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From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

Verb

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reka

  1. (Old West Norse) to drive
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See vreka.

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  1. a river

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Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

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Noun

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rẹ́ka f

  1. (geography) river

Inflection

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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

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reka

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

Further reading

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  • reka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Sotho

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Verb

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reka

  1. to buy

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of rekognosera. Attested since the 1960s.

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

  1. (colloquial) reconnoiter
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of rekommendera. Attested since the 1950s.

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

  1. (colloquial, rare) recommend
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Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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reka

  1. (stative) to be apart

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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

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

Tswana

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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go rêka (perfect rekile)

  1. to buy