rekka
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) | ||||
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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 rekkainrare | ||
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
- bensarekka
- dieselrekka
- kemikaalirekka
- konttirekka
- maitorekka
- moduulirekka
- olutrekka
- polttoainerekka
- rekallinen
- rekanveturi
- rekka-auto
- rekkakolari
- rekkakorjaamo
- rekkakortti
- 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 2023-07-03
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.