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Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Swedish knalla, Norwegian knaldra, dialectal Danish knaldre.
Verb
13 (preterite & supine knallä)
- walk slowly
- Han knallä säg hejmät vägjen.
- He slowly walked homewards along the road.
- run a little
- slowly do something
- Han knallä ti säg nalta mat.
- He slowly ate some food.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
13 n (definite knappe, dative knappen, plural knaapp, definite knappa, dative knappåm)
- Button in garment.
See also
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 m
- A stick that sticks up from the ground.
- A small hill.
See also
Westrobothnian
Etymology
knagg + -li
Adjective
13
- Inconvenient, difficult, troublesome; which carries some difficulty with it.
- Han fikk ä knagglit erän
- He received a difficult assignment.
- Hä jär int an knagglit vä den saka
- That case certainly has its difficulty.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knaka)
- (transitive or reflexive) jab, injure, damage the sole of the foot by stepping into sticks, nails, glass pieces etc.
- Jeg hav knaka mäg, kärä tag ut hä som sitt i sårä.
- I've stepped on something sharp, please remove it from the wound.
- Ji var sta å knaka mäg
- I happened to step on something that stabbed me in the foot.
Noun
13 m (plural knaka)
- stick, twig or something sharp in the ground, which will hurt your foot if you step on it
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse knappr, from Proto-Germanic *knappô, *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”).
Noun
13 m
- A stick, stick used to close tub lid.
See also
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
Compare Old Norse hnár (“tall, upright,”) knár (“brave, manly.”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
13
- Straight, stiff in the neck; who carries his head high.
Noun
13 m
- Stilted and dressed up person.
- A motorcycle.
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
13 m
- Woodpecker.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse knauss.
Noun
13 m
- A small hill, elevation on the ground; hillock.
- A knot.
- A corner of a building.
- A moneybags.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
13 m
- Moaning.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German knecht (“servant”); compare Gutnish knäkktä (“to serve, court”) and German Knecht (“servant, labourer”).
Verb
13 (preterite knektä)
- (intransitive) humbly and earnestly request something
- Han knektä å ba sä innerligen
- He asked and begged for it so earnestly
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 m
- One that is often pushed away, “punchbag” (often of suckling pig.)
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From kneka (“to walk slowly, to creak”) + gas (“goose.”).
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- The lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus).
Synonyms
References
- ^ Fältskytt, Gunnar, 2007, Ordbok över Lövångersmålet, →ISBN, →ISBN, page 219
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From kneekk.
Noun
13
- A click, the sound of the pendulum in a wall clock.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 m
- Small hill, hillock; bump on the road in winter time, so that the sledge jumps and up and down while driving.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knigä)
- (transitive) To pull heavily, with effort.
- Han knigä ópp lasse på bakkän
- He lugged the load up the hill
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knikä)
- (intransitive) To walk with crooked knees, leaning and slow; go with difficulty and effort, e.g. about a horse that walks with a heavy load up a hill.
- Han for fära kniik nolät vägjom
- He started to plod north along the road
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knokklä)
- (transitive) rub together, crumple
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knokklä)
- (intransitive) do trifle-work, not good enough or worth while
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knollä)
- (transitive) roll together: make curly
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Adjective
13
- Plucky, alert.
See also
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse knosa.
Verb
13
- (transitive) crush, compress
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
13 n
- Unripe fruit.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- Alternative form of njus.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Perhaps relating to Old Norse knár (“powerful”) as skýrr does to skærr. Compare knor, knarr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
13
- Healthy and brisk (of old people.)
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
13 m
- hump
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse knetta.
Verb
13
- To tick; of pocket watches and wall clocks.
Synonyms
Noun
13
- A click, the sound of the pendulum in a wall clock.
Synonyms
See also
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- (intransitive) To make practical jokes and misdeeds.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite & supine knåpprä)
- crunch with the teeth
- Han sat å knåpprä på ’n kakubit.
- He sat and crunched on a piece of hard bread.
- Gejta knåpprä på barkjen.
- The goat chewed on the bark.
- Fógjeln knåpprä ti’n sókkerbetta.
- The bird nibbled on a sugar cube.
- fiddle with something; about small work, which is very finicky and slow
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Adjective
13
- Prone to discontent; quarrelsome.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, originally from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.
Pronunciation
Noun
13 n (definite singular knett or knée, dative knén, plural kné, definite plural knéa or knén, dative knéom)
- (anatomy) A knee.
- hɑn sto å ŋeöm
- he was on his knees
References
- ^ Marklund, Thorsten, 1986, Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman , →ISBN, page 19, 20
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 m (definite knódan)
- multitude, tightly packed mass; pile
- Gåla ti’n den bynom ligg sóm ti en knóda
- The farms in that town are situated (as if) in a heap.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knóllrä)
- (transitive) crimp (hair), put it in curls
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 n
- as an endearment for children
- Du jär ä litä knótt
- You are a little nipper
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Low German knül or German knüll.
Pronunciation
Adjective
13
- Intoxicated (by brandy.)
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
13 n
- unripe fruit
Derived terms
See also
Westrobothnian
- knuut (strong declension)
Etymology
From Old Norse knýta, from Proto-Germanic *knuitan.
Pronunciation
Verb
13 (preterite knöytt, supine knöytt)
- to knot, tie
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite knösst, supine knöst)
- breathe heavily, huff and puff
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
13 m (definite singular knȧftn, definite plural knȧfta)
- The crooked root, which is nailed just inside the boat stems and holds together the top boards from either side.
- The fore or (more rarely) aft on a boat.
Adverb
13
- Barely.
Adjective
13 n sg
- The nominative and accusative neuter singular of knapp.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, 1804, Ordbok över Umemålet →ISBN, page 66
- ^ Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “*knaft s.”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 77
Westrobothnian
Etymology
ko + fø
Noun
13 f (plural kofø)
- Feed for a cow when she isn’t grazing.
- he bruke vɑɽ tjvå kofø båʈʈa kɑɽvmyra
- The ’calf-mire’ used to give two ’cow-feeds.’
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kópa, from Proto-Germanic *kōpijaną.
Verb
13 (preterite kopä)
- (intransitive, derogatory) To gape, stare.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kólna, from Proto-Germanic *kōlnaną.
Verb
13 (preterite korne)
- (optional particle a) To cool down.
- drekken opp kaffi nu he hall fäll a va akårne ― Drink up the coffee now before it coolsǃ
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kópr (“one who stares.”).
Noun
13 m
- Rogue; gaping, rude, untidy or unpleasant person.
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 f
- barn with a sloping roof
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- Alternative spelling of köra
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 n (definite kralä)
- (collective) that which crawls
- (collective) insects
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Corresponding to a *kraula (krafla?). Compare Gutnish kråjlä (“to crawl”) (*kreyla,) kråjl (“crawling bunch,”) kråjlban (“a large number of children.”)
Verb
13
- to crawl
Noun
13 m
- crawler; wretch
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 f (definite krentja, plural kreentj, definite krentjen)
- fir branch that designates cracks (råk) and holes (vak) in the ice
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Norwegian krjuka (“to cringe; to crawl.”)
Verb
13 (preterite krēk, supine kriki)
- to creep, crawl, feel one's way, schlep
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 m (definite singular krempen)
- the ready-made, highly nitrous lye at saltpetre preparation
Verb
krêmp
- shrink (of fabric)
- dry up (of wood)
Noun
krêmp f (definite singular krempa, definite plural krempen)
- ailment
- notched piece of wood under the thill wherein the cart-ridge is retracted
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Starched shirt-bosom.
hev du dö räjnt opp krevęse!- You are even putting on the starched shirt-bosom!
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lidström, Gun, Berglund, Erik, 1991 Pitemålet : ållt mīla àagg å ö̀öx, Piteå : ABF Piteåbygden. 4th ed. p. 242
Westrobothnian
Adjective
13
- haughty
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse krím (dat. krími).
Pronunciation
Noun
13 m (definite krimen)
- common cold, influenza
Category:gmq-bot:Pathology
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kringr, originally "turn or go about in circles," from Proto-Germanic *kringaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
13 (comparative kringänä, superlative kringäst, neuter kringt)
- fast, speedy, brisk
Derived terms
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Kring”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 355
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse krinkr (“ring, round”) + -om.
Preposition
13
- Around, about.
han går ahnsöhns kringom stein- he walks anticlockwise around the stone
Adverb
13
- Fast, swiftly.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *krimpa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.
Verb
13 (preterite kynktä, supine krynkt)
- (intransitive) to shrink
References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “KRYNK”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 358
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse krúna, from Middle Low German, from Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē), from κορωνός (korōnós, “curved.”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Crown.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse krefja.
Verb
13 (present kräv, preterite krävd, supine kräft)
- (transitive) to demand
- (transitive, about medicines) to have adverse effects or influence on someone
- Meklamäntä kräv mäg.
- The medicine affects me.
- Hä kräv mäg.
- I want to vomit.
Synonyms
- (to have adverse effects on someone): sø̂:tj
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “krävi”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 360
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- (intransitive) To creep on hands and feet, climb.
- Han krävlä óppför stegan, óppför bärgä
- He climbed up the ladder, up the mountain.
- (intransitive) To with effort get by, achieve something.
- Han krävlä säg fram genom väla i sän föttudom
- I got by in the world with his poverty.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite krall or krallt or krääld, supine krält or krölä)
- To crawl.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Old Norse krás f (“delicious food”)
Noun
13 n (definite singular kråsä)
- pastry, dessert of pastries and the like
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Krås”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 350
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kráka.
Noun
13 f (definite plural kråtjän)
- crow; Corvus cornix
Category:gmq-bot:Birds
Category:gmq-bot:Corvids
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kroppr, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
13 m (dative króppom)
- (anatomy) body, one’s body
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite krönknä)
- (intransitive) bend, become curved
- Ryggen góbbom ha krönknä.
- The old man's back has become crooked.
Synonyms
References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Krönkän”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 356
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite kröstä)
- (active and neuter verb) press, push, strain
- (reflexive verb) boast, flaunt, brag
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun
13 f (plural kunu or kuni)
- woman
- wife
Category:gmq-bot:Family
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation 1
Noun
13 m (definite singular kurtjęn, definite plural kurka)
- a cork
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
Verb
13 (preterite kurkę)
- to cork
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
13 m
- One who puts fear in someone; master, foreman, supervisor.
- Hä står ill dill ti huse, der ingen jär kus
- There is trouble in the house where no one is master
- A strong, capable man, considered better than others; the most prominent; also said of animals.
- Hä va kusen dill kar!
- A good man!
- Hä var kus’n dill häst
- a good horse
- crawling winged insect
Westrobothnian
Etymology
kus + -li
Adjective
13
- terrible to see or hear; fear-inducing
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Norwegian kusen (“dreadful, bad.”) Compare kuseli, kås.
Adjective
13
- Drowsy, limp, crestfallen.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- cut hair
- cut wool
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Verb
13 (preterite kusä)
- silence, threaten, quell
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 n
- weak, diluted drink
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Low German quaddern (“quatschen, kneten”), quetten, quedden (“drucken, quetschen”).
Verb
13
- To depress, compress.
- Ligg int å kvadd ne sänga!
- Do not lie down and press down the bedded bed!
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 m
- A very tough piece of meat.
- Any foodstuff, which is hard to chew and swallow.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite kvillä)
- (intransitive) To warble, sing; of birds.
See also
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse kvikr (“alive.”).
Adjective
13
- Alive.
Kvikkt å dödt- Lit. “that which is alive and that which is dead,” meaning: livestock and household goods, all movable property.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse kvikr.
Noun
13 m
- The inner part of a horn; the soft bone tip that fills the back room of a horn.
- The inner sensitive kernel of the hoof.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From older *kviðla, derived from Old Norse kvíða.
Verb
13 (preterite kvillä)
- (intransitive) To slowly wail.
See also
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Verb
13 (preterite kwamne)
- (intransitive) suffocate, choke
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *kveðugr.
Adjective
13
- Bloated, bulging.
- Pregnant.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13 (preterite & supine kwepe)
- To gulp, drink greedily.
- kweep o driikk
- to gulp and drink
Westrobothnian
Adjective
13
- Quick, spirited.
jer do so kweik i monno so bratt upa mårjan?- Do you have such a big mouth so early in the morning?
Antonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɛlː/, /kwe̞lː/, /kweːl/, /kwiːl/
Noun
13 m (definite kweln, dative kwelen, adverbial kwelst)
- Evening, nightfall.
- at kwelen ― tonight
- i kwelst; i garo kwel ― last night
- djera kweln ― to go to bed
- Supper, night meal (8 - 9.)
- eta kweln ― to eat supper
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kvistr.
Noun
13 m (definite kwistn)
- Twig, stick, small branch.
- Knot, whorl.
Verb
13 (preterite kwiste)
- To cut small branches from trees.
- (with å) To leave quickly.
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Verb
kwŷʃʃ
- To hush children.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kvefja.
Verb
13 (present kwäv, preterite kwäävd or kwæævd, supine kwävd or kwævd)
- (transitive) To choke.
- (reflexive) To dive.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- (transitive, optional particle a) suffocate, choke
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kvartil n.
Noun
13 m or n
- ¼ cubit or ell
Category:gmq-bot:Units of measure
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse kýll m (“bag”); compare Old English cyl, cyll m (“sack”).
Pronunciation
Noun
13 f
- big stomach, abdomen
- bag to carry food in = matkyl
Etymology 2
From Old Norse kýli m (“boil”); compare Norwegian kjyle f (“lump or swelling on the body”).
Pronunciation
Noun
13 m
- boil
- lump on the back
See also
Category:gmq-bot:Anatomy
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 f
- burden
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- inflexion of koma
Westrobothnian
Etymology
käling + sögu
Noun
13 f
- story, fairy tale told by old women to amuse children
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kelda.
Pronunciation
Noun
13 f
- a well, a spring
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- Alternative spelling of kjän.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From kapp (“competition.”).
Verb
13
- To compete.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *koddr.
Pronunciation
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- A pillow.
- Stalling of growth.
- he hæ kåmme kåddn utí-n
- His growth has stalled.
Westrobothnian
Verb
13
- (idiomatic) to honor the elderly by naming newborns with their names
Westrobothnian
Adjective
13
- knowledgeable
- at home
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
13 f (definite kåoza)
- A round, wooden bowl or cup without a lid but with an ear, containing about one sixth of a liter.
- A small wooden flask.
- A coffee box with a lid made of folded birch fastened with tows.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Strömbäck, Dag, Pihl, Carin, Landsmåls- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala, Svenska landsmål och svenskt folkliv: Livet i det gamla Överkalix skildrat av överkalixbor på överkalixmål 2, Översättning och kommentar 1959 page 209
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- windrow
fruntimra bregd ut kåren- the women spread out the windrows
Etymology 2
Related to Swedish kår, in the second sense
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- gust, ripple
- shudder (in the body)
Etymology 3
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- (textiles) carding, comb, carding tool
Derived terms
Verb
13
- (textiles) to card
References
- ^ Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, 1979, 1980, “kåra kår”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 114
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Kåra”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 379
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “kår”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 309
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 n (definite kårnbannä)
- barley sheaf
Westrobothnian
Noun
13 m
- silly, weak-minded person, fool
Derived terms