reka

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Contents 1 Faroese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Conjugation 2 Icelandic 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Verb 2.2.1.1 Derived terms 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun 2.3.1.1 Synonyms 3 Maori 3.1 Adjective 4 Old Norse 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.1.1.1 Descendants 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Verb 4.2.1.1 Descendants 4.3 References 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Alternative forms 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Pronunciation 5.4 Noun 5.4.1 Declension 5.4.2 Derived terms 6 Slovene 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 7 Tswana 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Verb

[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	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	reki	rekur	rekur	reka
Past	rak	rakst	rak	róku
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	rek !	—	rekið !
Infinitive	reka
Pres. part.	rekandi
Past part. a26	rikin
Supine	rikið

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈrɛːka]

  Rhymes: -ɛːka

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Verb

reka (strong conjugation: rak – rákum – 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• reka áfram
• reka sig á
• reka á eftir
• reka á dyr
• reka á burt
• reka augun í
• reka upp öskur
• reka úr sér tunguna
• reka í gegn
• rekast
• rekast á
• rekast í

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse reka.

[edit] Noun

reka f. (genitive singular reku, plural rekur)

1. shovel

[edit] Synonyms

• skófla

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[edit] Maori

[edit] Adjective

reka

1. nice

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[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

• Icelandic: reka
• Norwegian: reka, reke

[edit] Etymology 2

From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekan.

[edit] Verb

reka

1. to drive

[edit] Descendants

See vreka.

[edit] References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): rijéka

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

réka f. (Cyrillic spelling: ре́ка)

1. a river

[edit] Declension

[edit] Derived terms

• rèčica
• rèčina
• rȇčnī

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈreka/

[edit] Noun

réka f.

1. (geography) river

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[edit] Tswana

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɛ́.kà/

[edit] Verb

go rêka (perfect rekile)

1. to buy