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Languages (14)
Faroese • Icelandic • Indonesian • Malay • Maori • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old Norse • Serbo-Croatian • Slovene • Sotho • Swedish • Ternate • Tswana
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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
present past
first singular reki rak
second singular rekur rakst
third singular rekur rak
plural reka róku
participle (a26)1 rekandi rikin
imperative
singular rek!
plural rekið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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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. to coerce, to drive (someone to do something)
  4. to hammer, to hit (iron)
  5. (impersonal) to cause to drift [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "drift" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Bátinn rak út á haf.
    The boat drifted out to sea.
Conjugation
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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
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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
    Synonym: skófla
Declension
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Declension of reka (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reka rekan rekur rekurnar
accusative reku rekuna rekur rekurnar
dative reku rekunni rekum rekunum
genitive reku rekunnar rekna, reka reknanna, rekanna

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

Derived terms

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Compounds

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Further reading

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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

Verb

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reka (Jawi spelling ريک)

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

Affixed terms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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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]

Adjective

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reka

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

Noun

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reka

  1. sweetness

Derived terms

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

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “reka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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 *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

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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

Declension

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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

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Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

Pronunciation

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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

Noun

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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), 2014–2025

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.

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) reconnoiter
Conjugation
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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
present participle rekande
past participle rekad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

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Clipping of rekommendera. Attested since the 1950s.

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, rare) recommend
Conjugation
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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
present participle rekande
past participle rekad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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Anagrams

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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

Conjugation

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Conjugation of reka
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toreka foreka mireka
2nd person noreka nireka
3rd
person 		masculine oreka ireka
yoreka (archaic)
feminine moreka
neuter ireka

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
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