reka

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See also rekă, ręka, rěka, and řeka

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Verb

reka

  1. to drive, to drift

[edit] Conjugation

reka, v-56
number singular plural
person first second third all
Indicative eg hann / hon
tað
vit, tit,
teir / tær / tey
tygum
Present reki rekur rekur reka
Past rak rakst rak róku
Imperative tit
Present rek ! rekið !
Infinitive reka
Pres. part. rekandi
Past part. a26 rikin
Supine rikið

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Verb

reka (strong conjugation: rakrákumrekið)

  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.
[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse reka.

[edit] Noun

reka f. (genitive singular reku, plural rekur)

  1. shovel
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[edit] Maori

[edit] Adjective

reka

  1. nice

[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

reka f.

  1. shovel
[edit] Descendants

[edit] Etymology 2

From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekan.

[edit] Verb

reka

  1. to drive
[edit] Descendants

See vreka.

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

réka f. (Cyrillic spelling: ре́ка)

  1. a river

[edit] Declension

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈreka/

[edit] Noun

réka f.

  1. (geography) river

[edit] Tswana

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrɛ́.kà/

[edit] Verb

go rêka (perfect rekile)

  1. to buy