peka

See also: pęka and пека

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛka]

Verb

peka

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of péct

Esperanto

Etymology

From peki +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeka/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ka
  • Rhymes: -eka

Adjective

peka (accusative singular pekan, plural pekaj, accusative plural pekajn)

  1. sinful
  • pekema (sinning, wicked, adjective)

Garo

Verb

peka

  1. to be intoxicated

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay peka.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pêka (comparative lebih peka, superlative paling peka)

  1. allergic
    Synonym: alergi
  2. sensitive, attentive, alert
    Synonym: sensitif
  3. considerate, thoughtful
    Synonyms: pengertian, perhatian

Derived terms

  • kepekaan (sensitiveness)
  • memeka (to become sensitive)
  • terpeka (most sensitive)

Further reading

Lindu

Noun

peka

  1. fishhook
  2. fishing rod

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *peka from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka (compare with Hawaiian peʻa, Samoan pe'a, Fijian beka).[1][2]

Noun

peka (used in a reduplicated form as pekapeka)

  1. bat (the flying mammal)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 331-2
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2011) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 4: Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 235-7

Etymology 2

Cognate of Hawaiian peʻa “cross” and Tahitian peʻa.[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

peka

  1. branch (of a tree, river)
  2. a piece of firewood
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 331-2
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “peka.2a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “peka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 319
  • peka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

peka (present tense pekar or peker, past tense peka or pekte, past participle peka or pekt, passive infinitive pekast, present participle pekande, imperative pek)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of peika

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Deverbal from peći (to bake).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pêka/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ka

Noun

pȅka f (Cyrillic spelling пе̏ка)

  1. iron pan for baking bread

Declension

Declension of peka
singular plural
nominative pȅka peke
genitive peke pȇkā
dative peki / peci pekama
accusative peku peke
vocative peko peke
locative peki / peci pekama
instrumental pekom pekama

Derived terms

References

  • peka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Noun

peka

  1. inflection of pek:
    1. accusative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Swedish

Etymology

Compare Danish pege and Norwegian Nynorsk peika.

Pronunciation

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Verb

peka (present pekar, preterite pekade, supine pekat, imperative peka)

  1. to point
    Han pekade på elefanten
    He pointed at the elephant
    Han pekade mot huset
    He pointed towards the house
    Det är fult att peka
    It's rude to point

Conjugation

Conjugation of peka (weak)
active passive
infinitive peka pekas
supine pekat pekats
imperative peka
imper. plural1 peken
present past present past
indicative pekar pekade pekas pekades
ind. plural1 peka pekade pekas pekades
subjunctive2 peke pekade pekes pekades
present participle pekande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *peka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.ka/

Noun

peka

  1. flying fox

Yámana

Noun

peka

  1. shore