vaka

See also: väkä, vāka, and vākā

Banoni

Etymology

Borrowed from English work.

Verb

vaka

  1. to work

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation
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Adjective

vaka (accusative singular vakan, plural vakaj, accusative plural vakajn)

  1. vacant

Finnish

Etymology

See vakaa.

Adjective

vaka (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) stable, steady, firm

Declension
  • Not declined.

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːka/
  • Rhymes: -aːka

Etymology 1

Old Norse.

Verb

vaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vakti, supine vakað)

  1. to wake, be awake
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Noun

vaka f (genitive singular vöku, nominative plural vökur)

  1. wakefulness
  2. an evening gathering, wake, vigil
Declension
declension of vaka
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vaka vakan vökur vökurnar
accusative vöku vökuna vökur vökurnar
dative vöku vökunni vökum vökunum
genitive vöku vökunnar vaka vakanna

Etymology 3

Noun

vaka f

  1. indefinite genitive plural of vök

Ingrian

Adjective

vaka

  1. calm

Ladino

Noun

vaka f (Latin spelling)

  1. cow

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka.

Noun

vaka

  1. canoe

Derived terms

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vaka, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Verb

vaka

  1. to be awake, to refrain from sleep
  2. to watch, to guard

Conjugation
Conjugation of vaka (weak)
present past
infinitive vaka —
participle vakandi, -e vakaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vakar vaki, -e — vakaþi, -e vakaþi, -e
þū vakar vaki, -e vaka vakaþi, -e vakaþi, -e
han vakar vaki, -e — vakaþi, -e vakaþi, -e
vīr vakum, -om vakum, -om vakum, -om vakaþum, -om vakaþum, -om
īr vakin vakin vakin vakaþin vakaþin
þēr vaka vakin — vakaþu, -o vakaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk — — — — —
þū — — — — —
han — — — — —
vīr — — — — —
īr — — — — —
þēr — — — — —

Descendants

Paraguayan Guaraní

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋaˈka/

Noun

vaka

  1. cow

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka.

Noun

vaka

  1. canoe

Derived terms

Possibly vakavaka.

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Proto-Polynesian *waka).

Noun

vaka

  1. canoe

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vaka, from Old Norse vaka, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Verb

vaka (present vakar, preterite vakade, supine vakat, imperative vaka)

  1. to wake; to keep watch, such as over a corpse
Conjugation
Conjugation of vaka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vaka —
Present tense vakar —
Past tense vakade —
Supine vakat —
Imperative vaka —
Present participle vakande
Past participle —

Etymology 2

Noun

vaka c

  1. a wake
Declension
Declension of vaka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vaka vakan vakor vakorna
Genitive vakas vakans vakors vakornas
  • likvaka
  • vak
  • nattvak

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka.

Noun

vaka

  1. waterborne vessel

Wallisian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *waka.

Pronunciation

Noun

vaka

  1. canoe

Derived terms

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse vaka, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.

Verb

vaka (preterite vok or vaka, supine vaki or vaka, past participle vökkän)

  1. (intransitive) to wake, to be awake
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