bøya
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Noun edit
bøya m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną. In the context of grammar, sense 3, it is a semantic loan from Latin dēclīnāre.
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Verb edit
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
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References edit
- “bøya” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.