rekka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Swedish räcke, räck. Originally an Ostrobothnian word referring to a platform placed on a sleigh to transport logs.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rekka
- (slang) A semi-trailer
- (slang) A semi (US), artic (UK)
- (colloquial) Any truck/tractor and trailer/semi-trailer combination
- (colloquial) A truck
- A horse-drawn sleigh especially designed for dragging tree trunks from forest.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of rekka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rekka | rekat | |
| genitive | rekan | rekkojen | |
| partitive | rekkaa | rekkoja | |
| illative | rekkaan | rekkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rekka | rekat | |
| accusative | nom. | rekka | rekat |
| gen. | rekan | ||
| genitive | rekan | rekkojen rekkain rare | |
| partitive | rekkaa | rekkoja | |
| inessive | rekassa | rekoissa | |
| elative | rekasta | rekoista | |
| illative | rekkaan | rekkoihin | |
| adessive | rekalla | rekoilla | |
| ablative | rekalta | rekoilta | |
| allative | rekalle | rekoille | |
| essive | rekkana | rekkoina | |
| translative | rekaksi | rekoiksi | |
| abessive | rekatta | rekoitta | |
| instructive | — | rekoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]- (semi-trailer): puoliperävaunu
- (semi): puoliperävaunuyhdistelmä, rekka-auto
- (any truck/tractor and trailer/semi-trailer combination): ajoneuvoyhdistelmä, rekka-auto
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- bensarekka
- dieselrekka
- kemikaalirekka
- konttirekka
- maitorekka
- moduulirekka
- olutrekka
- polttoainerekka
- rekanveturi
- rekka-auto
- rekkakolari
- rekkakorjaamo
- rekkakortti
- rekkakuormallinen
- rekkakuski
- rekkalava
- rekkalesbo
- rekkaleski
- rekkaletka
- rekkaliikenne
- rekkamatka
- rekkamies
- rekkanäyttely
- rekkapalo
- rekkaparkki
- rekkapesu
- rekkasaattue
- rekkasimulaattori
- rekkaspottaus
- rekkatehdas
- rekkaterminaali
- rekkaturma
- sähkörekka
- säiliörekka
- täysperävaunurekka
- vesirekka
Further reading
[edit]- “rekka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]rekka
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]rekka m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]rekka f
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]rekka (present tense rekk, past tense rakk, past participle rokke, present participle rekkande, imperative rekk)
- to reach
- Eg rekk ikkje opp til den øvste hylla.
- I cannot reach the top shelf.
- Eg rekk ikkje opp til den øvste hylla.
- to catch (e.g. a train), to manage to do something in time
- Eg rakk bussen så vidt.
- I barely caught the bus.
- Han rakk å bli ferdig før ho kom heim.
- He managed to finish before she got home.
- Eg rakk bussen så vidt.
References
[edit]- “rekka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
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