alka

alka (ergative alkant)

1. spear

• Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)

• IPA^(key): [ˈalka]

alka f

1. auk

• alka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• alka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

alka (ergative alkata)

1. spear

• Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlkɒ]
• Hyphenation: al‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

alka

alka (plural alkák)

1. razorbill (Alca torda)

Eventually from Latin alga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ka/

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alka f

1. seaweed

alka (Raguileo spelling)

1. rooster

• alka acawaj

alka (Raguileo spelling)

1. (grammar) masculine

Used together with the name of certain types of animals to show that they are of the male sex.

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

alka (ergative alkanow)

1. spear

• Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974 (published 1976)

• alken m

alka m or f

1. definite feminine singular of alke

From Old Norse alka.

alka f (definite singular alka, indefinite plural alker or alkor, definite plural alkene or alkone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of alke
2. definite singular of alke

Perhaps derived from Middle Low German.

• alke (e-infinitive)

alka (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alka/alk)

1. to pig, to make a mes

Compare dialectal Swedish ulka (“to start growling”).

• alke (e-infinitive)

alka (present tense alkar, past tense alka, past participle alka, passive infinitive alkast, present participle alkande, imperative alka/alk)

1. to vex

• kala, klaa, laak, laka

From Proto-Germanic *alkǭ.

alka f (genitive ǫlku)

1. auk

• kala

Learned borrowing from New Latin alca,[1] from Old Norse alka,[2] from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ. First attested in 1779.[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ka/

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• Rhymes: -alka
• Syllabification: al‧ka

alka f

1. auk, razorbill (any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae)

• alka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alka”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 25

• hȃlka

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلقه (halka), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

• IPA^(key): /âːlka/
• Hyphenation: al‧ka

ȃlka f (Cyrillic spelling а̑лка)

1. metal ring
2. door knocker
3. tilting at the ring (game)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɫka/

alka f (genitive singular alky, nominative plural alky, genitive plural álk, aliek, declension pattern of žena)

1. auk

• alka malá (razorbill)
• alka veľká (great auk, garefowl)

• “alka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

From Old Norse alka

alka c

1. auk; bird in the family Alcidae

• laka

From Proto-Finnic *alkadak.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlkɑː/, [ˈɑɫkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlkɑː
• Hyphenation: al‧ka

alka

1. to begin, to start

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn