rekka

From Swedish räcke, räck. Originally an Ostrobothnian word referring to a platform placed on a sleigh to transport logs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrekːɑ/, [ˈre̞kːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ekːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): rek‧ka

rekka

1. (slang) A semi-trailer
2. (slang) A semi (US), artic (UK)
3. (colloquial) Any truck/tractor and trailer/semi-trailer combination
4. (colloquial) A truck
5. A horse-drawn sleigh especially designed for dragging tree trunks from forest.

• (semi-trailer): puoliperävaunu
• (semi): puoliperävaunuyhdistelmä, rekka-auto
• (any truck/tractor and trailer/semi-trailer combination): ajoneuvoyhdistelmä, rekka-auto

• “rekka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

rekka

1. Rōmaji transcription of れっか

• rekken

rekka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rekke

rekka f

1. definite singular of rekke

From Old Norse hrøkkva.

• rekke

• IPA^(key): /²rɛkːɑ/

rekka (present tense rekk, past tense rakk, past participle rokke, present participle rekkande, imperative rekk)

1. to reach

   Eg rekk ikkje opp til den øvste hylla.

   I cannot reach the top shelf.

2. to catch (e.g. a train), to manage to do something in time

   Eg rakk bussen så vidt.

   I barely caught the bus.

   Han rakk å bli ferdig før ho kom heim.

   He managed to finish before she got home.

• “rekka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.