reka

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

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

1. to drive, to drift

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːka/
• Rhymes: -ɛːka

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

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.

From Old Norse reka.

reka f (genitive singular reku, nominative plural rekur)

1. shovel

• skófla

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈreka/ [ˈre.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: re‧ka

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

reka

1. Synonym of rekaan

• “reka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

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

reka (Jawi spelling ريک)

1. create, invent

   Synonym: cipta

2. arrange, measure.

   Synonyms: susun, atur, tata

3. compose

   Synonym: karang

• “reka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

reka

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

reka

1. sweetness

• parareka

• “reka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• reken m

reka f

1. definite feminine singular of reke

reka f

1. definite singular of reke

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

reka f

1. shovel

• Icelandic: reka
• Norwegian: reka, reke

From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

reka

1. (Old West Norse) to drive

See vreka.

• “reka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN

(Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

• rijéka (Ijekavian)

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

• IPA^(key): /rěːka/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ka

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

1. a river

• Rijéka

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

• IPA^(key): /rèːka/

rẹ́ka f

1. (geography) river

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

reka

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

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

reka

1. to buy

Clipping of rekognosera. Attested since the 1960s.

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

1. (colloquial) reconnoiter

Clipping of rekommendera. Attested since the 1950s.

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

1. (colloquial, rare) recommend

• reka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• reka in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• ekar, rake

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾe.ka]

reka

1. (stative) to be apart

Conjugation of reka
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toreka	foreka	mireka
2nd	noreka	nireka
3rd	Masculine	oreka	ireka, yoreka†
Feminine	moreka
Neuter	ireka
† - archaic

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ́.kà/

go rêka (perfect rekile)

1. to buy