funka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish funka.

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

References

• “funka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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 (“I perform, I execute, I 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