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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bøya m or f
- definite feminine singular of bøye (Etymology 2)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną. In the context of grammar, sense 3, it is a semantic loan from Latin dēclīnāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
bøya (present tense bøyer, past tense bøygde, supine bøygd or bøygt, past participle bøygd, present participle bøyande, imperative bøy, mediopassive bøyast)
- (transitive) to bend
- (reflexive) to bow
- (transitive, grammar) to inflect
- (nouns and adjectives) to decline
- (verbs) to conjugate
References
- “bøya” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.