mecka

• Pronunciation: /ˈmɛˌkːa/; alternative pronunciation for verb definitions 1 and 2, /ˈmeːˌka/.
• Rhymes: -²ɛka

Probably derived from mekanik (“mechanics”) or mekaniker (“mechanic”). Definition 3 of the verb can be found in lyrics in popular music from 1994 (see citations) and is most likely derived from definitions 1 and 2.

• meka (more common except for drug sense)

mecka (present meckar, preterite meckade, supine meckat, imperative mecka)

1. (colloquial) to repair or improve a car, motorcycle, or other (mechanical) equipment

   Hon mekar med sin bil på lördagarna

   She works on her car on Saturdays

2. (colloquial) to tinker with

   Nu har jag mekat med den här datorn i timmar utan att förstå hur den funkar

   Now I've been tinkering with this computer for hours without understanding how it works

3. (slang) to prepare cannabis for consumption (through smoking)

   Kan du mecka klart den där jointen någon gång?

   Can you finish preparing that joint already?

• repair, tinker: meck, meckig
• slang term: meckish

Attested since 1965 according to Nationalencyklopediens ordbok. From the Swedish spelling of Mecca, the holiest site of Islam.

mecka n

1. mecca; a pilgrimage site, a shrine, a place where something has been developed or refined, or where this is particularly well-represented and common

   Jag ska åka till Las Vegas, hasardspelens mecka.

   I'm going to Las Vegas, the gambling mecca.

• vallfärdsplats

• mecka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mecka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mecka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)