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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skêla/
- Hyphenation: ske‧la
Noun
skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)
- ferry
- scaffold
Declension
Further reading
- “skela” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Etymology
From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (“squinting, crooked”).
Verb
skela (present skelar, preterite skelade, supine skelat, imperative skela)
- to have the eyes turned in different directions, either deliberately (and temporarily) or due to strabismus
- Synonym: vinda
- Han skelar ― He has a squint
- Han skelar på höger öga ― He has strabismus in the right eye
Conjugation
Conjugation of skela (weak)
Derived terms
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