orka

See also: orką

Cebuano

Etymology

From English orca, from Latin orca.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: or‧ka

Noun

orka

  1. a killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: or‧ka

Noun

orka m (plural orka's, diminutive orkaatje n)

  1. killer whale

Faroese

Noun

orka f (genitive singular orku)

  1. strength, power

Declension

Declension of orka (singular only)
f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative orka orkan
accusative orku orkuna
dative orku orkuni
genitive orku orkunnar

Verb

orka (third person singular past indicative orkaði, third person plural past indicative orkað, supine orkað)

  1. to be able to

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr̥ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔr̥ka

Etymology 1

From Old Norse orka, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną. Doublet of yrkja.

Noun

orka f (genitive singular orku, no plural)

  1. strength, power
  2. energy
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • orkugjafi (“energy source”)
  • orkuleysi (“lack of energy; lethargy”)
  • orkulína (“power line”)
  • orkunýting (“energy use”)
  • orkustöð (“power station”)
  • orkuver (“power station”)

Verb

orka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative orkaði, supine orkað)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to affect, to influence
Conjugation
orkast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að orkast
supine
(sagnbót)		 orkast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 orkandist **
** 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 orkast við orkumst present
(nútíð)		 ég orkist við orkumst
þú orkast þið orkist þú orkist þið orkist
hann, hún, það orkast þeir, þær, þau orkast hann, hún, það orkist þeir, þær, þau orkist
past
(þátíð)		 ég orkaðist við orkuðumst past
(þátíð)		 ég orkaðist við orkuðumst
þú orkaðist þið orkuðust þú orkaðist þið orkuðust
hann, hún, það orkaðist þeir, þær, þau orkuðust hann, hún, það orkaðist þeir, þær, þau orkuðust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 orkast (þú) orkist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
orkastu orkisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
  • orka á (“to influence [somebody], to affect [somebody]”)
  • orka tvímælis (“to be doubtful”)[1]

Etymology 2

Inflected form of orki (“orc”).

Noun

orka

  1. indefinite accusative singular of orki
  2. indefinite dative singular of orki
  3. indefinite genitive singular of orki
  4. indefinite accusative plural of orki
  5. indefinite genitive plural of orki

References

  1. ↑ The verb orka in Icelandic Online Dictionary

Anagrams

Polish

orka (#1)

Noun

orka f

  1. killer whale
  2. ploughing; tilling

Declension

Swedish

FWOTD – 14 February 2016

Etymology

From Old Swedish orka, from Old Norse orka, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (English work), from Proto-Indo-European *wṛǵ-·

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔrˌka/
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Verb

orka (present orkar, preterite orkade, supine orkat, imperative orka)

  1. to have strength, will or stamina enough
  2. (colloquial) to be able to, be bothered to
    Jag orkar inte bry mig om det idag.
    I can't be bothered to care about that today.

Conjugation

Interjection

orka

  1. (colloquial) to not have enough strength, will or stamina; to not be bothered to
    -Kan du inte ta ut soporna nu?
    Could you please take out the trash now?
    -Orka!
    I can't be bothered to!

Usage notes

In modern colloquial language, particularly among younger speakers, the verb is often used as a statement of unwillingness or animosity according to the formula orka + <action> similar to how "as if" is used in US English. Example: Orka städa hela huset, "as if I'd clean the whole house". It can also be reduced to just orka as a shorthand response to indicate disinclination to something.

Synonyms

References

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