trekta

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

trekta

indefinite genitive plural of trekt

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From trekt (“funnel”).

Verb edit

trekta (present tense trektar, past tense trekta, past participle trekta, passive infinitive trektast, present participle trektande, imperative trekta/trekt)

to make a beverage by pouring boiling water on dried or ground materials in a funnel
trekta kaffi ― to make coffee using a filter holder

Related terms edit

kaffitrekt
kaffitrektar (“coffeemaker using a filter holder”)

References edit

“trekta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swahili edit

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

trekta

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English tractor.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun edit

trekta (ma class, plural matrekta)

tractor

References edit

^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 43:
Such loanwords, retaining their usage over time, have become permanent signatures in the Swahili “visitor’s book.” […] The lexicon of the duka is from diverse sources: […] from English, baiskeli (bicycle), bangili (bangles), bia (beer), juisi (juice), kompiuta (computer), makabati ya nguo (wardrobes), sementi (cement), sukari (sugar), supu ya utumbo (soup made of animal intestines), tairi za trekta (tractor tires), and vocha (voucher).

[1] Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 43:
Such loanwords, retaining their usage over time, have become permanent signatures in the Swahili “visitor’s book.” […] The lexicon of the duka is from diverse sources: […] from English, baiskeli (bicycle), bangili (bangles), bia (beer), juisi (juice), kompiuta (computer), makabati ya nguo (wardrobes), sementi (cement), sukari (sugar), supu ya utumbo (soup made of animal intestines), tairi za trekta (tractor tires), and vocha (voucher).

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