# reka
## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Verb

reka (third person singular past indicative rak, third person plural past indicative róku, supine rikið)
* to drive, to drift

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛːka/
* Rhymes: -ɛːka

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

reka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative rak, third-person plural past indicative ráku, supine rekið)
* to drive (forward or away)
* to run (a farm, business, etc.)
* to coerce, to drive (someone to do something)
* to hammer, to hit (iron)
* (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.

##### Derived terms

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

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse reka.

#### Noun

reka f (genitive singular reku, nominative plural rekur)
* shovel
    Synonym: skófla

##### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

reka (active mereka, passive direka)
* to compile, arrange
    Synonyms: susun, atur
* to design, plan
    Synonyms: rancang, rencanakan
* to trick, invent, fabricate
    Synonyms: buat-buat, karang
* (rare) to think, guess
    Synonyms: kira, tebak

### Noun

reka
* Synonym of rekaan

#### Derived terms

* reka-reka
* reka-rekaan
* rekaan

#### Compounds

* reka ulang

### Further reading

* “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.

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɛka]
* Hyphenation: ré‧ka
* Rhymes: -a

### Verb

reka (Jawi spelling ريک)
* create, invent
    Synonym: cipta
* arrange, measure.
    Synonyms: susun, atur, tata
* compose
    Synonym: karang

#### Affixed terms

* mereka
* mereka-reka
* reka-reka
* reka-rekaan
* rekaan

#### Derived terms

* cereka
* cerita rekaan
* reka baru
* reka bentuk
* reka cipta

### Further reading

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

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *leka (compare Hawaiian leʻa, Tahitian ʻārearea, Tongan neka and nekaneka).

### Adjective

reka
* nice, pleasant
* sweet (of taste)
* tasty

### Noun

reka
* sweetness

#### Derived terms

* parareka

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 408-9
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “leka”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* “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
### Alternative forms

* reken m

### Noun

reka f
* definite feminine singular of reke

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

reka f
* definite singular of reke

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

reka f
* shovel

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: reka
* Norwegian: reka, reke

### Etymology 2

From earlier vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

#### Verb

reka
* (Old West Norse) to drive

##### Descendants

See vreka.

### Further reading

* 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
### Alternative forms

* rijéka (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěka, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rěːka/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: re‧ka

### Noun

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

#### See also

* Rijéka

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rèːka/

### Noun

rẹ́ka f
* (geography) river

#### Inflection
### Noun

reka
* inflection of rek:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative dual

### Further reading

* “reka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Sotho
### Verb

reka
* to buy

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Clipping of rekognosera. Attested since the 1960s.

#### Verb

reka (present rekar, preterite rekade, supine rekat, imperative reka)
* (colloquial) reconnoiter

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Clipping of rekommendera. Attested since the 1950s.

#### Verb

reka (present rekar, preterite rekade, supine rekat, imperative reka)
* (colloquial, rare) recommend

##### Conjugation
### References

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

### Anagrams

* ekar, rake

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɾe.ka]

### Verb

reka
* (stative) to be apart

#### Conjugation
### References

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

## Tswana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛ́.kà/

### Verb

go rêka (perfect rekile)
* to buy