reka

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See also rekă, ręka, rěka, and řeka

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Faroese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Verb [edit]

reka

  1. to drive, to drift

Conjugation [edit]


Icelandic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Verb [edit]

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.
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old Norse reka.

Noun [edit]

reka f (genitive singular reku, plural rekur)

  1. shovel
Declension [edit]
Synonyms [edit]

Maori [edit]

Adjective [edit]

reka

  1. nice

Old Norse [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

reka f

  1. shovel
Descendants [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

Verb [edit]

reka

  1. to drive
Descendants [edit]

See vreka.

References [edit]


Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

réka f (Cyrillic spelling ре́ка)

  1. a river

Declension [edit]

Derived terms [edit]


Slovene [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈreka/

Noun [edit]

réka f

  1. (geography) river

Tswana [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈrɛ́.kà/

Verb [edit]

go rêka (perfect rekile)

  1. to buy