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==Enventian== | ==Enventian== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
Borrowed from Old Norse ''virka'' , doublet of {{term|wirken}} (German loan) and {{term| | Borrowed from Old Norse ''virka'' , doublet of {{term|wirken}} (German loan) and {{term|werkjan}} (native). | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
* (''Standard'')[[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: [ˈfiɾkɐn] | * (''Standard'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: [ˈfiɾkɐn] | ||
===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
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#:: ''The mining companies want to '''extract''' the village's resources.'' | #:: ''The mining companies want to '''extract''' the village's resources.'' | ||
# to harness (energy) | # to harness (energy) | ||
# (with | # (with ''vo/fo'' or genitive) to take advantage of | ||
#:Há wésder, hwäg fo situatjon '''virkan'''. | #:Há wésder, hwäg fo situatjon '''virkan'''. | ||
#:: ''She knew how to '''take advantage of''' the situation''. | #:: ''She knew how to '''take advantage of''' the situation''. | ||
# to operate (eg, a machine) | # to operate (eg, a machine) | ||
# (''colloquial, figurative'') to exploit someone | # (''colloquial, figurative'') to exploit someone | ||
# (''colloquial, figurative'') to manipulate someone | |||
# (''colloquial, figurative'') to know how to anger someone | |||
====Inflection==== | ====Inflection==== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:58, 13 September 2025
Enventian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse virka , doublet of wirken (German loan) and werkjan (native).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA: [ˈfiɾkɐn]
Verb
virkan, weak
- to extract (a resource)
- Ren grubhärkompanen welher sá ressourcen thropfs virkan.
- The mining companies want to extract the village's resources.
- Ren grubhärkompanen welher sá ressourcen thropfs virkan.
- to harness (energy)
- (with vo/fo or genitive) to take advantage of
- Há wésder, hwäg fo situatjon virkan.
- She knew how to take advantage of the situation.
- Há wésder, hwäg fo situatjon virkan.
- to operate (eg, a machine)
- (colloquial, figurative) to exploit someone
- (colloquial, figurative) to manipulate someone
- (colloquial, figurative) to know how to anger someone
Inflection
| Conjugation of virkan (weak) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | (có) virkan | ||||||
| present infinitive | virkend | ||||||
| passive infinitive | gevirk | ||||||
| future infinitive | gevirking | ||||||
| gerund | virking | ||||||
| participle | gevirked | ||||||
| verbal noun | virkang | ||||||
| person | first singular ik |
second singular sjou |
third singular hé, há, hit, zé |
plural wé, sjöll, sjwä, wous, hén | |||
| indicative | present | virke | virkest | virker | virken | ||
| past simple | virkde | virkdest | virkder | virkden | |||
| past perfect | wäs gevirked | wärs gevirked | wär gevirked | wän gevirked | |||
| future simple | wer(ne) virke | wers virkest | wer virker | wern virken | |||
| future perfect | wer(ne) gevirked | wers gevirked | wer gevirked | wern gevirked | |||
| future progressive | wer(ne) gevirking | wers gevirking | wer gevirking | wern gevirking | |||
| subjunctive | present | virkä | virkäst | virkär | virkän | ||
| past | virkdä | virkdäst | virkdär | virkdän | |||
| imperative | virk | virke (zé) | virkan | ||||