runka
Icelandic edit
Verb edit
runka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative runkaði, supine runkað)
- Only used in runka sér (“to masturbate”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
runka
- simple past and past participle of runke
Alternative forms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably related to rugge and ranke
Verb edit
runka (present tense runkar, past tense runka, past participle runka, passive infinitive runkast, present participle runkande, imperative runka/runk)
Synonyms edit
- (wank): masturbera/masturbere, onanera/onanere
References edit
- “runka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Aasen Ivar Norsk Ordbog (1873), new edition (Kruken, Kristoffer and Aarset, Terje, eds.), Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo (2003)
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- runcka (obsolete)
Verb edit
runka (present runkar, preterite runkade, supine runkat, imperative runka)
- (archaic) to slowly shake, to wobble, to rock
- Han runkade på huvudet
- He shook his head
- Farfar satt och runkade i gungstolen
- Grandpa was rocking in his rocking chair
- (vulgar, usually intransitive) to jerk off, to wank (masturbate, of males)
- Han runkade
- He jerked off
- Han runkade sin kuk
- He jerked his cock
- – Säg "spring, bil, snö, penna" på engelska! – Run, car, snow, pen.
- – Say "run, car, snow, pen" in English! – Run, car, snow, pen (sounds like "runkar snoppen" (jerks the dick) – widespread joke).
- 1968, Johnny Bode (lyrics and music), “Runka mig med vita handskar på [Wank me with white gloves on]”, in Bordellmammas visor [Brothel madam's songs], performed by Johnny Bode, Lillemor Dahlqvist, Kanarie-Kvartetten, and Ron-Sextetten:
- Runka mig med vita handskar på. Det är enda sättet det kan gå.
- Wank me with white gloves on. That's the only way I can come.
Usage notes edit
Seldom used unironically in the archaic sense in modern times due to strong associations with the second sense.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of runka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | runka | runkas | ||
| Supine | runkat | runkats | ||
| Imperative | runka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | runken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | runkar | runkade | runkas | runkades |
| Ind. plural1 | runka | runkade | runkas | runkades |
| Subjunctive2 | runke | runkade | runkes | runkades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | runkande | |||
| Past participle | runkad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms edit
Synonyms (slang) edit
- taja
- dra en runk
- dra en Tarzan
- dra en handtralla
- rulla skinn
- ruska tupp
- spela köttflöjt
- spela skinnbanjo
- åka skinnhiss
Derived terms edit
- gråtrunka (“to cry and jerk off at the same time”)
- oomkullrunkelig (“irrefutable”)
- runka av någon (“to jack somebody off”)
- runkbulle (“soggy biscuit”)
- runkbås (“masturbation booth”)
- runkmuskel
- runkobjekt
- sumprunkare
Related terms edit
- runk (“a wank”)