funka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish funka.

Verb

funka (present tense funkar, past tense funka, past participle funka, passive infinitive funkast, present participle funkande, imperative funka/funk)

  1. (intransitive) to work, function
    Synonym: fungera

References

Swedish

Etymology

From the funk- in funktion which is borrowed from Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiōnem, accusative of functiō (performance, execution), from functus perfect participle of fungor (I perform, I execute, I discharge). Doublet of fungera, which is borrowed from Latin fungor via German fungieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɵŋˌka/

Verb

funka (present funkar, preterite funkade, supine funkat, imperative funka)

  1. (informal) to function, to work, to operate, to be in operation
    Synonym: fungera

Conjugation

Conjugation of funka (weak)
active passive
infinitive funka
supine funkat
imperative funka
imper. plural1 funken
present past present past
indicative funkar funkade
ind. plural1 funka funkade
subjunctive2 funke funkade
present participle funkande
past participle

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

Descendants

  • Danish: funke
  • Norwegian Bokmål: funke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: funke