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Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Swedish mjölkkantor (“milk cabinet”), obsolete form of mjölkkontor, from obsolete kantor corresponding to modern kontor (“office; building or room”), from Middle Low German kantôr, kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch cantoor, contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument sufffix”) calquing earlier Medieval Latin computōrium.
Noun
cāntōr n (definite singular cāntōrä̆, definite plural cāntōră)
- Alternative spelling of kanntor
Category:gmq-bot:Furniture
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *dái, akrdái (accusative á); related to daan and döij.
Pronunciation
Noun
4 m (definite dan, dative daåm)
- Species Galeopsis and Lamium.
Derived terms
Category:gmq-bot:Mint family plants
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From the same stem as döij (“die”) and da.
Pronunciation
Verb
4 (preterite dane)
- (with a) To faint.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Jamtish dante.
Pronunciation
Verb
daant’ (preterite dantä)
- (transitive) to slander, revile
Verb
daant’ (preterite dantä)
- (intransitive) to fall, tumble
- han dàntę ɑ̱̍
- he fell down
Westrobothnian
Verb
4 (preterite dattä)
- (transitive) To suckle.
Conjugation
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Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
4 m (definite daddn)
- Dad, father.
gjär daddn heim?- is the father at home?
Dadd’n jär yssi skaogen- The father is in the woods.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
daga- + tjyv
Noun
4 m
- A layabout.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dagavillr, dagvillr; equivalent to dag (“day”) + vill (“confused, lost.”).
Adjective
4
- confused about, misremembering or misspeaking which weekday it is or what day something happened
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dagrǫnd; compare Norwegian dagsrånd, Icelandic dagsrönd.
Noun
4 f (definite singular dagsranda)
- Dawn, daybreak.
Antonyms
References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “DAGS-RAND”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 81
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From earlier dagsettr, dagsetr, from Old Norse dagsetr.
Noun
4 n
- dusk
Antonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *þæðan? = Swedish dädan? Compare Old Norse þær (“there”), Icelandic þaðan, .
Pronunciation
Adverb
dāhn
- thence, therefrom, from there, away (from there)
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 f (definite singular dahtditta, definite plural dahtditten)
- crested tit; Lophophanes cristatus
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz.
Noun
4 m
- part
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse deila, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną.
Verb
4 (preterite dailä, supine dailt)
- (transitive) divide, share
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From older dängia, dengia, from Old Norse dengja. Compare däni.
Verb
daingj’ (preterite daingd’, supine daingt, past participle daingd)
- (transitive, intransitive) To thrash, wallop.
Derived terms
- daingling m (“re-forged and again hardened knife or scythe”)
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
4 m (definite dalan, plural dala, definite dalarn)
- A man from Dalecarlia.
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
4 n
- embankment
Derived terms
- dammbol (“floodgate”)
- kagdamm n (“temporary embankment above the permanent one”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse damma, from Latin domna, from domina.
Pronunciation
Noun
4 f
- matron, matronly woman
Westrobothnian
Etymology
damm + bol
Noun
4 n
- floodgate
Westrobothnian
Noun
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- Alternative spelling of dårg
Verb
4
- Alternative spelling of dårg
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Second element from Proto-Germanic *tinhtiǭ; see tittlingur.
Pronunciation
Noun
4 f
- crested tit; Lophophanes cristatus
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
4 f (definite singular dasa, plural daser, definite plural dasen)
- Alternative form of dȧs (“sheep”)
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 m
- time, instance
- i enom dask
- at once
Westrobothnian
Verb
4
- imperative singular of daatt
Westrobothnian
Noun
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- Someone who accomplishes little.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæːʋe̞r/
- (nom. & acc. def. sg.) IPA(key): /dæːʋre̞/
Noun
4 n (definite davrä)
- One who runs between chores and accomplishes nothing.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Verb
4 (preterite davrä)
- To run between chores and accomplish nothing.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from dæud (“death”); like Old Swedish døzlor formed in the same way as Old Norse venzl and Swedish drygsel. The /g/-insertion in Hössjö is of the same kind as that in ȯger.
Pronunciation
- (nominate & accusative):
- (dative):
Noun
4 f pl (dative dawhlåm)
- death throes
Westrobothnian
Preposition
4
- Alternative form of dill
Westrobothnian
Adverb
4
- Alternative form of dänna
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare duns, döns (“the upper part of a bunk bed,”) Swedish dunt (“container,”) dunk (“keg,”) and burk (“pot, can; television set; computer case,”) Gutnish dont, domt (“tool, gear,”) Norwegian dont (“id,”) Northern Sami dīhtor (“computer.”)
Noun
4 m
- Computer.
- Arbeit du ve deonter? ― Do you work with computers?
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þær, from Proto-Germanic *þar. Akin to English there.
Pronunciation
Adverb
4
- right there
- there, at the end of a journey
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Unstressed doublet of the previous word.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
4
- where
- Han no int der ’n jär
- He suffers no shortage where he is staying.
Adverb
4
- farther
- derr överåm
- farther up
Preposition
4
- (with i) in (that place)
- (with åm) in the vicinity of
Westrobothnian
Adverb
4
- then, according to this, if so
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare däväl (“devil.”)
Verb
4 (preterite devlä)
- To argue, spar.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Norwegian dissa, disse, Jamtish disse, Middle High German dihsen.
Verb
4 (preterite dissä)
- (ergative) (slowly) swing
- Diss bånä
- rock the child
- gȯlfwä diss opp å ne
- the floor is swinging up and down
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse díki (compare English dyke), from Proto-Germanic *dīkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (whence also English ditch).
Pronunciation
Noun
4 n (definite singular dikjä, definite plural dika)
- puddle
Westrobothnian
Verb
4 (preterite & supine dilä)
- (intransitive) drain very slowly, dropwise
- (intransitive) small stains appear
Noun
4 m (definite singular diln, definite plural dila)
- stain, spot
- small red pimples or rashes
Preposition
4
- Alternative spelling of dill
Westrobothnian
Phrase
4
- second cousin to
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).
Pronunciation
Particle
4
- Used to indicate the infinitive form of a verb; compare English to.
sjwårrt dil o fa-ne dil briinn- hard to get it to burn
Preposition
4
- to (indicating destination)
gakk dill stass- walk to the city
Adverb
4
- another, one more
Ve fing annätókkä dill- We got an equal amount thereto
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse til + es. Compare väles.
Pronoun
4
- until or towards a certain point in time
- Han knavrä å gikk, dilläs han vadht all
- He walked slowly until he wearied
- Han släntra sä längj vä di, dilläs hä vadht
- He extensively passed the time with it until it gave results
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
4 n
- equipment, tool, gear, weapon
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From dill + rääkk + -d, or rather rääkk dill + -d.
Noun
4 f (definite dillräkta)
- influx
References
- ^ Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “till-räkt s. di`llrä'kt ”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 196
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 n
- acquired property, household goods, necessity, gear
Verb
4 (preterite dillrådd, supine dillrådt)
- procure, acquire, purchase
Westrobothnian
Etymology
dill (“to”) + vis (“way, manner? certain, known?”)
Adverb
4
- that is
Westrobothnian
Etymology
dil + -u ; compare Old Norse dílóttr
Adjective
4 (neuter dilut)
- spotty, speckled
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þess, gen. of þat n, from Proto-Germanic *þat (neuter of *sa (“that”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só (“that”)). Compare di.
Adverb
4
- The...the (when comparing)
Etymology 2
Verb
4
- singular imperative of diis
Westrobothnian
Etymology
dit + dänna
Adverb
4
- there, thither
Westrobothnian
Adverb
4
- thitherward
Westrobothnian
Etymology
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Old Norse gegn + hœfa
Verb
4
- To head off, cut diagonally, walk across, intercept.
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 n
- hollowness in conifers, resinous cavities in trees or timber
Westrobothnian
Verb
4 (preterite djöle)
- to howl
Noun
4 (definite singular djöla, plural djööl, definite plural djölen)
- a fence, enclosure
Verb
4 (preterite djöle)
- to enclose
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Norwegian dobbe, Old Norse dubl, Jamtish dubl, Low German dobber (“id.”), Old Norse dubba (“to dive”) whence dobb’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɞbː/, /dobː/, /dʊbː/
Noun
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- A bobber which is attached to a rope, which is located near the net thrown into the sea; floating wooden mark on net, showing where the net is located.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dubba (“to dive.”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²dɞbː/, /²dobː/, /²dʊbː/
Verb
dobb’ (preterite dobbä)
- (intransitive) To dive, duck.
Westrobothnian
Adjective
4
- proper, a lot; added to adj. to reinforce the meaning
- Dog snål
- particularly stingy
- Dog lat
- very lazy
Westrobothnian
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Spear.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dumpa.
Verb
4 (preterite damp or dompä, supine dompä)
- To fall heavily down.
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 f
- a little flour
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Neuter of dom, dåmb (“deaf-mute.”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
4 n
- (of sound, impersonal) of very low frequency
Noun
4 f
- Alternative spelling of dompt
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From dyngj, from Old Norse dyngja.
Pronunciation
Noun
4 m (definite dongen)
- droppings, especially in a pen, especially sheep droppings mixed with straw residue, bedding and hay motes, which the sheep lie on in the sheep barn
Westrobothnian
Noun
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- A blow, the impact of the hand on another’s body, with muffled sound.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Old Norse dvala (“to delay, put off.”)
Verb
4
- To loaf, dawdle, meditate.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Verb
4
- To drizzle, mizzle.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Adjective
4
- Having a dejected disposition, inactive, lethargic, worrying.
See also
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
Noun
4 f (definite dotra, plural doter or dötter)
- Daughter.
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse draga, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
4 (preterite dro, supine drögjä or drögji or dregjä or dregjä or drö, middle dragas, passive val drögji)
- (transitive, intransitive) To draw, to pull.
- (transitive) To contain, accommodate.
- Potta hjänna drag ä stop. ― This bottle contains a quart.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dragast, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.
Pronunciation
Verb
4 (preterite drogs, supine dräjäs, active draga)
- To compete.
- To work with, deal with.
- han drägs vä grisvogna ― he works with raising pigs
- Han drogs vä jola ― He worked with the soil.
- Han drags vä husning ― He works with house construction.
- Han drags vä krimän ― he is dealing with a cold.
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 n
- flash of light, which is to considered foreshadow some accident or death
- rocket
- shooting star
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dragna.
Verb
4 (preterite drangnä)
- (intransitive) to go slowly, protract, last long
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 f (definite drekta)
- hold, grasp; draft
- jö miste drekta om stein
- I lost my grip of the stone.
- tä se tukar drekt
- to be so bold
- stjömd i drekta
- tainted in the draft (said when a horse loses his ability to pull for whatever reason)
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse drepa, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”).
Verb
4
- To kill, to slay.
- To butcher.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Middle Low German drein (“bore, turn in a circle”).
Verb
4 (preterite drillä)
- (transitive) twist, turn
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Past participle of driv.
Adjective
4
- hardworking, diligent, fast, active
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse drjúgr, from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz.
Adjective
4 (comparative drugänä, superlative drugest)
- lasting
- haughty
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse drjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *dreupaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²drʉːp/, /²dræɵ̯ːp/, /²dreʊ̯ːp/, /²drɞɵ̯ːp/
- Rhymes: -ʉ̀ːp
Verb
4 (present drup or dryp, preterite draup or dräup or dröup or drop, supine drupi or dröpä or druppä or drope)
- (ergative) To drip (to fall one drop at a time, to let fall in drops.)
- druup ein dropa ti skeda
- To drip a drop in the spoon.
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 m sg
- definite nominative/accusative masculine singular of dryikk
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse drýgja.
Verb
4
- prolong, eke out
Westrobothnian
Verb
4
- To become displaced obliquely (for example, a search party.)
- To drift with the wind.
- hån kom o drega måot länd
- He came drifting towards shore.
- sko ve leta ‿ n drega i greeot?
- Should we let it drift a little bit?
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse drafna.
Pronunciation
Verb
4 (preterite dremnä)
- (ergative) melt, become liquid; about salt, snow, butter, sugar
- hä drämn int
- it's not melting
- drämn smörä på fisskjen
- to melt butter on fish
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛvɪ̯/, /ˈdrɛvɪ/, /ˈdrevɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛvj
Noun
4 f (definite singular drävja, definite plural drävjen)
- marshy place on a bog, swampy bog, a small fen depression
- i rikti drevi häd ållti i rinnel
- A real “drävi” always had a runnel.
See also
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 (definite drögnän)
- lasting
Westrobothnian
Verb
4 (preterite drögtä)
- (transitive) prolong, extend (time), entertain oneself
- Drögt bort tin
- use up time
- Drögt däg ’n stånn
- Entertain yourself for a while.
- Du kan drögt bordht tiin en stånn när mäg
- You can entertain yourself for a while with me, so that your wait may not be too long and boring.
- (intransitive) linger, wait
- Jäg få fäll drygt en stånn
- I'll have to wait a while
- (reflexive) enjoy oneself by using up time
Derived terms
Noun
4 m
- toy
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
drögt + -sam
Adjective
4
- enjoyable, amusing, entertaining, agreeable
drögtsam å vara la vä- agreeable to be with
Westrobothnian
Adjective
4
- clumsy, dumb
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse drynja.
Verb
4 (preterite dröönt, supine drönnt)
- (intransitive) To groan, bellow weakly.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Danish drøfte, Norwegian drøfte, Helsingian drefta, from Proto-Germanic *drupatjaną.
Verb
drööft’ (preterite dröftä)
- clean (seeds and grains) from chaff and husks by shaking; shaking clean the finer flour from the coarser
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *drjósa, from Proto-Germanic *dreusaną. Cognate with English drowse, Danish drøse.
Verb
4 (preterite drööst)
- (intransitive) To fall down.
Kornä var sä ågjodt då vä skår, att ä drösst bodt i nä nea markä- The barley was so ripe when we mowed that it fell to the ground.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dúfa (“to dip.”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dūf
- dip bread in lard of fatty meat, broth or cream
- han hȧdd sä fett i kött du skull få duf däg mätten å flatt i gryta
- He had such fatty meat, that one could dip the bread in the lard in the pot and thereby become full.
References
- Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “duva v dūf”, in Ordbok över Umemålet , →ISBN, page 23
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “DUV’”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 107
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Middle Low German dūken, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną. Compare tókk.
Verb
dūk-säg
- (reflexive, threatening) To dare.
- han wahl duk säg dill ä
- He may give it a tryǃ
Westrobothnian
Verb
4 (preterite dultä)
- (intransitive) To toddle; about small children who start walking.
Conjugation
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Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dúr m.
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Short slumber.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Compare Irish dobhar, Welsh dŵr (“water,”) Old Norse úr (“drizzle.”)
Noun
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- Fog.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Adjective
4
- neuter singular of dyr
Adverb
4
- even, actually, downright
hä jär durt raläsä- it has even become sore
Westrobothnian
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Fog.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
duur + -ut
Pronunciation
Adjective
4
- Uncheerful.
- About birds and animals, when they are hunched up and sick.
- About people, when they are half sad and silent.
- Han wȧr fȧli durut
- He was quite sad and quiet.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dús.
Pronunciation
Noun
4 n
- Roaring, whizzing, noise (of water or wind.)
Adjective
4
- Bold, enterprising.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dúra.
Pronunciation
Verb
4 (preterite durä)
- (intransitive) To doze off for a while, sleep a little, nap briefly.
- (intransitive, with å) To faint, grow numb.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dofinn.
Adjective
4
- Brave, bold, daring, enterprising.
- Inclined to.
Derived terms
Adjective
4
- Stale, which has lost his power, unappetizing; about beverages, for example beer, drink.
Westrobothnian
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Dormancy.
Westrobothnian
Noun
4 m
- humidity
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse því, possibly from the instrumental interrogative Proto-Germanic *hwī (“how, with what”), with the initial h- replaced by the þ- from the forms of *sa. The modern Westrobothnian form with d- instead of t- (see tykken) probably evolved thus: við því → við ðví → modern ve ‿ dy/di "with that".
Pronoun
4
- dative singular of he
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
4 f (definite singular dylja, definite plural dyljen)
- sludge, deep sludge or deep and wider than usual places in streams
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse dys.
Noun
dysi or dyssj f (definite singular dyssja, definite plural dyssjän)
- Grass mowed and spread to dry; hay heap to be put in a barn.
References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Dysi”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 113
Westrobothnian
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Alternative spelling of dysi.