blanka

See also: Blanka and blänka

Esperanto

Common Romance (French blanc, Italian bianco, Spanish blanco). Perhaps also influenced by Polish biały, Russian бе́лый (bélyj).

blanka (accusative singular blankan, plural blankaj, accusative plural blankajn)

white

En okcidenta civilizo, nur la fianĉino devas porti blankan robon ĉe nupto.
In Western society, only the bride should wear a white dress at a wedding.
blank

La artisto fikse rigardis la blankan kanvason ĝis li trovis inspiron.
The artist stared at the blank canvas until he found inspiration.

blanka

Terms derived from blanka

blanka f (Latin spelling)

blanka

blanka

to polish, to make shining (blank), to shine shoes or other leather items; to groom (brush) animals
I stallet blankade Petter seldonen
In the stable, Petter polished the harnesses

Hela huset vändes upp och ner, flygeln målades om, korna i ladugården blankades, trädgårdslanden snyggades upp
The whole house was turned around, the wing was repainted, the cows in the barn were brushed, the garden patch was shaped up
to erase all text; to blank
(finance) To sell valuable papers one doesn't own, in the hope that the price will drop sufficiently to allow the trader to buy them back, while still making net money on the transaction.
Då blankades teknikaktierna för fullt, vilket gick lätt att räkna hem.
(cooking) to finish off a sauce by adding fat (?)
Mot slutet silades såsen av, och blankades med lite smör för att ge den en lite avrundad mjukhet.

Conjugation of blanka (weak)

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Colors in Ido · kolori (layout · text)
blanka	griza	nigra	bruna
rozea	reda ; karmezina	oranjea	flava ; kremea
limetea	verda		ciana
azurea	blua	violea ; indigea	purpurea