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Taka

Taka

See also: taka, tåka, and taka-

Japanese

Romanization

Taka

  1. rōmaji reading of たか

taka

taka

See also: Taka, tåka, and taka-

English

Noun

taka ‎(plural takas)

  1. The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paise. Symbol: ৳

Translations

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną ‎(“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- ‎(“to touch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛaːʰka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka

Verb

taka ‎(third person singular past indicative tók, third person plural past indicative tóku, supine tikið)

  1. to take

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka.

Noun

taka

  1. (rare, poetic) the backside.
  2. In the expression omasta takaa the word refers to self-support.
    Meillä on lakanat omasta takaa. = We have our own bedsheets.
    Hyvä, että meillä on juomavettä omasta takaa! = Good that we have our own supply of drinking water!

Declension

Declension of taka
noun case singular plural adverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative taka- – superessive – –
genitive – – delative – –
partitive takaa – sublative – –
accusative – – lative (taas) –
inessive – – temporal taannoin –
elative – – causative – –
illative – – multiplicative – –
adessive – – distributive – –
ablative – – temp. dist. – takaisin
allative – – prolative taitse –
essive takana – situative – –
translative taa
taakse 		– oppositive – –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

The cases of taka- serve in modern Finnish only as postpositions and adverbs.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰaːka/
  • Rhymes: -aːka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- ‎(“to touch”).

Verb

taka ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tók, third-person plural past indicative tóku, supine tekið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to take (an object)
    • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
      Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.
      If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.
    Ég ætla að taka bílinn.
    I'm going to take the car.
    Hún var að fara að taka veskið þitt!
    She was about to take your purse!
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to seize, to capture
  3. (transitive, with accusative) to take (time, measure)
    Viltu að ég taki tímann?
    Do you want me to take the time?
  4. (transitive, with accusative) to get, to obtain
  5. (transitive, with accusative) to take (undergo), e.g. an exam
  6. (transitive, with accusative or dative) to accept, to take
  7. (transitive, with accusative) to hold, to contain, to take
    Völlurinn tekur tíu þúsund áhorfenda.
    The stadium holds ten thousand spectators.
Conjugation
takast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að takast
supine
(sagnbót) 		tekist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		takandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég tekst við tökumst present
(nútíð) 		ég takist við tökumst
þú tekst þið takist þú takist þið takist
hann, hún, það tekst þeir, þær, þau takast hann, hún, það takist þeir, þær, þau takist
past
(þátíð) 		ég tókst við tókumst past
(þátíð) 		ég tækist við tækjumst
þú tókst þið tókust þú tækist þið tækjust
hann, hún, það tókst þeir, þær, þau tókust hann, hún, það tækist þeir, þær, þau tækjust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		takst (þú) takist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
takstu takisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
tekinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		tekinn tekin tekið teknir teknar tekin
accusative
(þolfall) 		tekinn tekna tekið tekna teknar tekin
dative
(þágufall) 		teknum tekinni teknu teknum teknum teknum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		tekins tekinnar tekins tekinna tekinna tekinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		tekni tekna tekna teknu teknu teknu
accusative
(þolfall) 		tekna teknu tekna teknu teknu teknu
dative
(þágufall) 		tekna teknu tekna teknu teknu teknu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		tekna teknu tekna teknu teknu teknu
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From the verb taka.

Noun

taka f ‎(genitive singular töku, nominative plural tökur)

  1. taking, capture
  2. (law) the capture and claiming of ownership of previously unowned property
  3. (film, chiefly in the plural) video capture, filming
  4. (film) take (attempt to record a scene)
Declension

Etymology 3

Inflected form of tak ‎(“grip, grasp”).

Noun

taka n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of tak

Japanese

Romanization

taka

  1. rōmaji reading of たか
  2. rōmaji reading of タカ

Latvian

Noun

taka f (4th declension)

  1. path
  2. pathway
  3. footpath
  4. track
  5. trail

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

taka n

  1. definite plural of tak

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

taka n

  1. definite plural of tak

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Etymology

From from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną ‎(“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- ‎(“to touch”).

Verb

taka ‎(present tense tek, past tense tok, past participle teke, passive infinitive takast, present participle takande, imperative tak)

  1. take (to grab with the hands)

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tēkaną ‎(“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- ‎(“to touch”).

Verb

taka ‎(singular past indicative tók, plural past indicative tóku, past participle tekit)

  1. to take

Descendants

References

  • taka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

  • tagha

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną.

Verb

taka

  1. to touch, reach
  2. to grasp, seize
  3. to take, bring
  4. to demand
  5. to remove
  6. to beset, attack
  7. to encounter, meet

Conjugation

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Conjugation of taka (strong)
present past
infinitive taka —
participle takandi, -e takin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk taker taki, -e — tōk tōki, -e
þū taker taki, -e tak tōkt tōki, -e
han taker taki, -e — tōk tōki, -e
vīr takum, -om takum, -om takum, -om tōkum, -om tōkum, -om
īr takin takin takin tōkin tōkin
þēr taka takin — tōku, -o tōkin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk taks takis, -es — tōks tōkis, -es
þū taks takis, -es — tōkts tōkis, -es
han taks takis, -es — tōks tōkis, -es
vīr takums, -oms takums, -oms — tōkums, -oms tōkums, -oms
īr takins takins — tōkins tōkins
þēr takas takins — tōkus, -os tōkins

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪aka]

Pronoun

taka

  1. feminine nominative singular of taki
  2. feminine vocative singular of taki

Portuguese

Noun

taka m (plural takas)

  1. taka (currency of Bangladesh)

Quechua

Noun

taka

  1. punch, blow, collision
  2. fist

Declension

See also

Swahili

Noun

taka (n class, plural taka)

  1. dirt

Etymology

From Bengali টাকা ‎(ṭaka)

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