leka

leka (third person singular past indicative lek, third person plural past indicative lóku, supine likið)

1. to leak

Borrowed from Swedish slägga (“sledgehammer”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlekɑ/, [ˈle̞kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ekɑ
• Syllabification^(key): le‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): le‧ka

leka

1. sledgehammer, maul

   Synonym: moukari

2. (colloquial) bottle (particularly of moonshine or other spirits)

   votkaleka ― bottle of vodka

3. (vulgar) penis

• “leka”, 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 2 July 2023

• Kela, kale, kela

Borrowed from English letter.

leka

1. letter (mail)

leka

1. (transitive) to write a letter

From Old Norse leka, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːka/

  Rhymes: -ɛːka

leka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lak, third-person plural past indicative láku, supine lekið)

1. (intransitive) to drip

   Synonym: drjúpa

2. (intransitive) to leak

   Synonym: vera lekur

   Geturðu lagað þakið? Það lekur.

   Can you fix the roof? It leaks.

• kela

• IPA^(key): /ləˈka/, [ləˈka]
• Rhymes: -ka
• Hyphenation: le‧ka

Inherited from Malay ليک (léka, “careless”).

leka (comparative lebih leka, superlative paling leka)

1. careless

   Synonyms: lalai, lengah

From Jambi Malay [Term?].

leka (plural leka-leka)

1. (dialect, Jambi) the thin round wooden base for placing the pot

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लेख (lekha).

leka (plural leka-leka)

1. recording
2. writing, letters

• “leka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• leken

leka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of leke

From Old Norse leka, from Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

• leke (e-infinitive)

leka (present tense lek, past tense lak, supine leke, past participle leken, present participle lekande, imperative lek)

1. to drip, dribble
2. to leak

Related to likka.

• leke (e-infinitive)

leka (present tense lekar, past tense leka, past participle leka, passive infinitive lekast, present participle lekande, imperative leka/lek)

1. to move a little

• “leka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *lekaną.

leka (singular past indicative lak, plural past indicative láku, past participle lekinn)

1. to drip, dribble
2. (intransitive) to leak, be leaky

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leka

1. (transitive) to make leaky

leka

1. inflection of lekr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

leka

1. inflection of leki:
   1. indefinite oblique singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “leka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną.

lēka

1. to move quickly
2. to flutter, swirl
3. to dance
4. to play

• Swedish: leka

leka

1. to attempt

From Old Swedish lēka, from Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːˌka/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²eːka

leka (present leker, preterite lekte, supine lekt, imperative lek)

1. to play (like children)

   Barnen lekte

   The children were playing

   leka med hink och spade

   play with a bucket and spade

   Barnen lekte att de var tigrar

   The children play-pretended that they were tigers

   Barnen lekte cirkus

   The children played circus (pretended they were in a circus or the like)

2. to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)

   Han lekte med pennan

   He played with his pencil

   Han bara leker med dig

   He's just playing with you

   leka med ord

   play with words

   leka med någons känslor

   play with someone's feelings

4. to pretend to be something (as part of children's play, or more generally by extension)

   leka doktor

   play doctor (pretend to be a doctor)

5. (biology) to lek

Usually intransitive except for (sense 3) and for certain activities (like "cirkus," kurragömma (“hide and seek”), tafatt (“tag”)), and blindbock (“blind man's buff”)). Spela is used for more rule-bound or grown-up games. Saying "leka fotboll" makes it sound like soccer is a kind of (free-form) play, or like you are only pretending to play soccer, as a form of play. See also lek.

• lek

• leka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• leka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• leka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• elak, kela, lake

leka

1. child