buksvåger
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
By surface analysis, buk (“belly”) + svåger (“brother-in-law”). Compare Danish hulbror, Norwegian Bokmål buksvoger, Icelandic kviðmágur.
Noun edit
buksvåger c
- (colloquial) an Eskimo brother (of some other man)
- De är buksvågrar
- They are Eskimo brothers
Declension edit
| Declension of buksvåger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | buksvåger | buksvågern | buksvågrar | buksvågrarna |
| Genitive | buksvågers | buksvågerns | buksvågrars | buksvågrarnas |
See also edit
- buksvägerska (female equivalent)