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Swedish
Etymology
From the pronunciation by the fictional character Tam Sventon, who had a lisp. Coined by author Åke Holmberg in 1948.
Noun
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- (humorous) Alternative form of semla (“pastry”)
1948, Åke Holmberg, “Ture Sventon köper en flygande matta [Tam Sventon buys a flying carpet]”, in Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv:"Får jag kanske lov att bjuda på en temla?" frågade Sventon. Mannen från Orienten visste inte vad en temla var.- "Might I offer you a temla?" asked Sventon. The man from the Orient did not know what a temla was.
Declension
See also
- läspa (“to (have a) lisp”)