saka

See also: Saka, Sáka, sāka, šaka, şaka, säkä, and šaką

Balinese

Romanization

saka

1. Romanization of ᬲᬓ
2. Romanization of ᬰᬓ
3. Romanization of ᬰᬵᬓᬵ

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Esperanto

Adjective

saka (accusative singular sakan, plural sakaj, accusative plural sakajn)

1. baglike

Related terms

• sako

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Faroese

Noun

saka

1. indefinite genitive plural of sak

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑkɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
• Syllabification: sa‧ka

Noun

saka

1. Saka (person)
2. Saka (language)

Declension

Inflection of saka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		saka	sakat
genitive		sakan	sakojen
partitive		sakaa	sakoja
illative		sakaan	sakoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		saka	sakat
accusative	nom.	saka	sakat
	gen.	sakan
genitive		sakan	sakojen sakainrare
partitive		sakaa	sakoja
inessive		sakassa	sakoissa
elative		sakasta	sakoista
illative		sakaan	sakoihin
adessive		sakalla	sakoilla
ablative		sakalta	sakoilta
allative		sakalle	sakoille
essive		sakana	sakoina
translative		sakaksi	sakoiksi
instructive		—	sakoin
abessive		sakatta	sakoitta
comitative		—	sakoineen

Possessive forms of saka (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sakani	sakamme
2nd person	sakasi	sakanne
3rd person	sakansa

Anagrams

• kasa

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse saka, from Proto-Germanic *sakaną.

Verb

saka

1. to damage

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Noun

saka

1. indefinite genitive plural of sök

Anagrams

• aska

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Jamamadí

Verb

saka

1. (Banawá) to jab, pierce

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Japanese

Romanization

saka

1. Rōmaji transcription of さか

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Latvian

Verb

saka

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of sacīt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of sacīt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of sacīt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of sacīt

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Malagasy

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

saka

1. cat, Felis silvestris catus

   Synonym: piso

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• saken

Noun

saka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sak

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːkɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

saka f

1. definite singular of sak

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sakaðr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɑːkɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

saka (singular and plural saka, comparative meir saka, superlative mest saka)

1. (archaic) guilty

Synonyms

• skuldig

Antonyms

• saklaus

References

• “saka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sakaną.

Verb

saka (singular past indicative sakaða, plural past indicative sǫkuðu, past participle sakaðr)

1. to do harm, to scathe
   1. (impersonal, with accusative)

      hvat sem at var gǫrt, sakaði hann ekki

      no matter what they did, no harm came to him.

2. to blame, find fault with

Conjugation

Conjugation of saka — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	saka
present participle	sakandi
past participle	sakaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	saka	sakaða
2nd-person singular	sakar	sakaðir
3rd-person singular	sakar	sakaði
1st-person plural	sǫkum	sǫkuðum
2nd-person plural	sakið	sǫkuðuð
3rd-person plural	saka	sǫkuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	saka	sakaða
2nd-person singular	sakir	sakaðir
3rd-person singular	saki	sakaði
1st-person plural	sakim	sakaðim
2nd-person plural	sakið	sakaðið
3rd-person plural	saki	sakaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	saka
1st-person plural	sǫkum
2nd-person plural	sakið

Conjugation of saka — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	sakask
present participle	sakandisk
past participle	sakazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫkumk	sǫkuðumk
2nd-person singular	sakask	sakaðisk
3rd-person singular	sakask	sakaðisk
1st-person plural	sǫkumsk	sǫkuðumsk
2nd-person plural	sakizk	sǫkuðuzk
3rd-person plural	sakask	sǫkuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫkumk	sǫkuðumk
2nd-person singular	sakisk	sakaðisk
3rd-person singular	sakisk	sakaðisk
1st-person plural	sakimsk	sakaðimsk
2nd-person plural	sakizk	sakaðizk
3rd-person plural	sakisk	sakaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sakask
1st-person plural	sǫkumsk
2nd-person plural	sakizk

Derived terms

• saka sik um (“to blame oneself for”)
• sakaðr
• sakna

Related terms

• sœkja
• sǫk

Descendants

• Icelandic: saka
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: sake

  Norwegian Nynorsk: saka, sake

References

• saka in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• saka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

• genitive plural of sǫk

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• सक (Devanagari script)
• সক (Bengali script)
• සක (Sinhalese script)
• သက (Burmese script)
• สก or สะกะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ສກ or ສະກະ (Lao script)
• សក (Khmer script)

Adjective

saka

1. one's own

Declension

Declension table of "saka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sako	sakā
Accusative (second)	sakaṃ	sake
Instrumental (third)	sakena	sakehi or sakebhi
Dative (fourth)	sakassa or sakāya or sakatthaṃ	sakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sakasmā or sakamhā or sakā	sakehi or sakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sakassa	sakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sakasmiṃ or sakamhi or sake	sakesu
Vocative (calling)	saka	sakā

Declension table of "sakā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sakā	sakāyo or sakā
Accusative (second)	sakaṃ	sakāyo or sakā
Instrumental (third)	sakāya	sakāhi or sakābhi
Dative (fourth)	sakāya	sakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sakāya	sakāhi or sakābhi
Genitive (sixth)	sakāya	sakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sakāya or sakāyaṃ	sakāsu
Vocative (calling)	sake	sakāyo or sakā

Declension table of "saka" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sakaṃ	sakāni
Accusative (second)	sakaṃ	sakāni
Instrumental (third)	sakena	sakehi or sakebhi
Dative (fourth)	sakassa or sakāya or sakatthaṃ	sakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sakasmā or sakamhā or sakā	sakehi or sakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sakassa	sakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sakasmiṃ or sakamhi or sake	sakesu
Vocative (calling)	saka	sakāni

References

saka in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese sacar and Spanish sacar.

Verb

saka

1. to vomit

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Swedish

Verb

saka (present sakar, preterite sakade, supine sakat, imperative saka)

1. (card games) to play an arbitrary (useless) card instead of one in the correct suit, when one is obliged but unable to follow suit

Conjugation

Conjugation of saka (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	saka	sakas
Present tense	sakar	sakas
Past tense	sakade	sakades
Supine	sakat	sakats
Imperative	saka	—
Present participle	sakande
Past participle	sakad

Anagrams

• aska, kasa

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saka]

Noun

saka (definite accusative sakayı, plural sakalar)

1. European goldfinch

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	saka
Definite accusative	sakayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saka	sakalar
Definite accusative	sakayı	sakaları
Dative	sakaya	sakalara
Locative	sakada	sakalarda
Ablative	sakadan	sakalardan
Genitive	sakanın	sakaların