funka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish funka.

Alternative forms

• funke (e-infinitive)
• fonke, fonka, funk, fonk (eye dialect spelling)

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

Etymology 2

Unknown. Only attested by Baardsen.

Verb

funka

1. (Rodi, hapax legomenon) to hesitate

References

• “funka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

funka m inan

1. genitive/accusative singular of funk (“funk”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

funka m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of funk (“official”)

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 (“to perform, execute, 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