blinka

• blinker

Borrowed from Australian English blinker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɪn.ka/

blinka f (plural blinkas)

1. (Australia, automotive) turn signal

   Synonym: indikejter

• blinket

blinka

1. inflection of blinke:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• blinke

From Middle Low German blinken.

• IPA^(key): /²blɪŋkɑ/

blinka (present tense blinkar, past tense blinka, past participle blinka, passive infinitive blinkast, present participle blinkande, imperative blinka/blink)

1. to twinkle (shine with a flickering light)
2. to blink (a quick closing and reopening of both eyes)
3. to turn a light repeatedly on and off
4. to indicate (signal, in a vehicle, the intention to turn right or left)

• (twinkle): blenkja
• (blink): blunka

• “blinka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

blinka (present blinkar, preterite blinkade, supine blinkat, imperative blinka)

1. to blink (with one or more eyes)

   Om man inte blinkar så blir ögonen torra

   If you don't blink, your eyes get dry

   Jag tackade ja utan att blinka

   I said yes without blinking

   1. to wink

      blinka åt någon / blinka med ena ögat ("with [the] one eye") mot någon

      wink at someone

2. (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to flash, to blink ((cause a light to) shine briefly or intermittently)

   Varningslampan blinkar

   The warning light is flashing

   blinka med helljuset

   flash the headlights

3. (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to blink ((cause something to) appear briefly or intermittently, more generally)

   blinkande text

   blinking text

• blink
• blinkning
• blinkers

• blänka

• blinka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• blinka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• blinka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)