raka

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Romanization

raka

Romanization of ᬭᬓ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈraka]

Noun

raka

genitive/accusative singular of rak

Verb

raka (third person singular past indicative rakti, third person plural past indicative rakað, supine rakað)

to hit, to strike

Conjugation

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Conjugation of raka (group v-29-30)
infinitive	raka
supine	rakað
participle (a5 (a39)/a6)¹	rakandi	raktur/ rakaður
	present	past
first singular	raki	rakti/ rakaði
second singular	rakar	rakti/ rakaði
third singular	rakar	rakti/ rakaði
plural	raka	raktu/ rakaðu
	imperative
singular	raka!
plural	rakið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

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Verb

raka (third person singular past indicative rakaði, third person plural past indicative rakað, supine rakað)

to shave

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (group v-30), infinitive ...

Conjugation of raka (group v-30)
infinitive	raka
supine	rakað
participle (a6)¹	rakandi	rakaður
	present	past
first singular	raki	rakaði
second singular	rakar	rakaði
third singular	rakar	rakaði
plural	raka	rakaðu
	imperative
singular	raka!
plural	rakið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

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Etymology 1

Verb

raka

to be bright, to be hard

Etymology 2

From raka (“to be hard”), symbolising how the alphabet represents a hard sound.

Noun

raka

the name of an alphabet in Garo, symbolised by a dot or apostrophe representing the glottal stop.

Romanization

raka

Romanization of 𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈraːka/
Rhymes: -aːka

Verb

raka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rakaði, supine rakað)

to rake
to shave

Conjugation

More information infinitive (nafnháttur), supine (sagnbót) ...

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að raka
supine (sagnbót)		rakað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		rakandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég raka	við rökum	present (nútíð)	ég raki	við rökum
	þú rakar	þið rakið		þú rakir	þið rakið
	hann, hún, það rakar	þeir, þær, þau raka		hann, hún, það raki	þeir, þær, þau raki

past (þátíð)	ég rakaði	við rökuðum	past (þátíð)	ég rakaði	við rökuðum
	þú rakaðir	þið rökuðuð		þú rakaðir	þið rökuðuð
	hann, hún, það rakaði	þeir, þær, þau rökuðu		hann, hún, það rakaði	þeir, þær, þau rökuðu

imperative (boðháttur)	raka (þú)	rakið (þið)
	rakaðu	rakiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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raka — active voice (germynd)

More information infinitive (nafnháttur), supine (sagnbót) ...

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að rakast
supine (sagnbót)		rakast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		rakandist 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 rakast	við rökumst	present (nútíð)	ég rakist	við rökumst
	þú rakast	þið rakist		þú rakist	þið rakist
	hann, hún, það rakast	þeir, þær, þau rakast		hann, hún, það rakist	þeir, þær, þau rakist

past (þátíð)	ég rakaðist	við rökuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég rakaðist	við rökuðumst
	þú rakaðist	þið rökuðust		þú rakaðist	þið rökuðust
	hann, hún, það rakaðist	þeir, þær, þau rökuðust		hann, hún, það rakaðist	þeir, þær, þau rökuðust

imperative (boðháttur)	rakast (þú)	rakist (þið)
	rakastu	rakisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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rakast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

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strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	rakaður	rökuð	rakað	rakaðir	rakaðar	rökuð
accusative (þolfall)	rakaðan	rakaða	rakað	rakaða	rakaðar	rökuð
dative (þágufall)	rökuðum	rakaðri	rökuðu	rökuðum	rökuðum	rökuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	rakaðs	rakaðrar	rakaðs	rakaðra	rakaðra	rakaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	rakaði	rakaða	rakaða	rökuðu	rökuðu	rökuðu
accusative (þolfall)	rakaða	rökuðu	rakaða	rökuðu	rökuðu	rökuðu
dative (þágufall)	rakaða	rökuðu	rakaða	rökuðu	rökuðu	rökuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	rakaða	rökuðu	rakaða	rökuðu	rökuðu	rökuðu

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rakaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

Noun

raka

indefinite accusative singular of raki
indefinite dative singular of raki
indefinite genitive singular of raki

Noun

raka

indefinite genitive plural of rök

Romanization

raka

Romanization of ꦫꦏ

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рак (rak).

Noun

raka (genitive rakan, partitive [please provide])

(pathology) cancer
häńeĺĺä oĺi raka, rakan tuattši hiän kuoĺi. ― He died because he had cancer.

References

Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “raka”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Verb

raka

third-person singular/plural past indicative of rakt

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈraka/

Noun

raka

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *laka₁ (compare with Tahitian raʻa, Samoan laʻa and laʻalaʻa, and Tongan laka “to step, to march, to move forward, to proceed”) from Proto-Oceanic *laka (compare with Fijian laka) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare with Malay langkah)^[1]^[2]

Verb

raka

to step on something
Synonym: hikoi

Noun

raka

step, walk, trek
Synonym: hīkoi

Derived terms

whakaraka

References

[1]
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “laka.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
[2]
Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 394

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lock.

Noun

raka

lock

References

Williams, Herbert William (1917) “raka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 373
“raka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Alternative forms

rake (all senses)
råkkå (to rake or shave, Trøndelag)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²rɑːkɑ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse raka. Similar to Swedish raka (“to rake or shave”). Akin to English rake.

Verb

raka (present tense rakar, past tense raka, past participle raka, passive infinitive rakast, present participle rakande, imperative raka/rak)

to rake (use a rake on leaves, a lawn, etc.)
to shave

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German [Term?].

Verb

raka

to concern (mainly used in the negative sense)
Det rakar deg ikkje.
It does not concern you / It is none of your business.

References

“raka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Affixed ra- +‎ aka (“elder sibling”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ra.ka/

Noun

raka

elder sibling

Alternative forms

rāka

Descendants

Javanese: ꦫꦏ (raka)
→ Balinese: ᬭᬓ (raka)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raką.

Verb

raka

to scrape

Descendants

Icelandic: raka

References

“raka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Etymology

From Dutch raken.

Verb

raka

to hit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈra.ka/
Rhymes: -aka
Syllabification: ra‧ka

Noun

raka m

genitive/accusative singular of rak

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adjective

raka

inflection of rak:
1. definite singular
2. plural

Noun

raka c

a (long) straight section of a road
Antonyms: kurva, krök
a rake; a garden tool

Declension

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		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	raka	rakas
singular	definite	rakan	rakans
plural	indefinite	rakor	rakors
plural	definite	rakorna	rakornas

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Declension of raka

Verb

raka (present rakar, preterite rakade, supine rakat, imperative raka)

(transitive) to shave
Han rakade sig innan han gick till jobbet.
He shaved before going to work.
to rake; to use a garden rake on (leaves etc.)

Conjugation

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	Active		Passive
Infinitive	raka		rakas
Supine	rakat		rakats
Imperative	raka		—
Imper. plural¹	raken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rakar	rakade	rakas	rakades
Ind. plural¹	raka	rakade	rakas	rakades
Subjunctive²	rake	rakade	rakes	rakades
	Participles
Present participle	rakande
Past participle	rakad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Conjugation of raka (weak)

Derived terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɾa.ka]

Noun

raka

husband

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɾa.ka]

Verb

raka

(stative) to be funny

Conjugation

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Conjugation of raka
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toraka	foraka	miraka
2nd	noraka	niraka
3rd	Masculine	oraka	iraka, yoraka^†
Feminine	moraka
Neuter	iraka
† - archaic

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References

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

[P-1] [1]
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “laka.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

[2] [2]
Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 394

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