fuling

Swedish

Etymology

Affix of ful (“ugly”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

fuling c

1. A someone or something that is ugly.
2. (somewhat dated) A person that is untrustworthy or derseving disrespect or in other ways should be avoided.

   Han är en riktig fuling.

   He is an ugly type.

3. (colloquial) An action of intentionally ignoring norms or proper protocol in order to make something fit or work.

   Jag gjorde en fuling.

   I made it fit. / I made it work.

   (literally, “I did an ugly.”)

References

• fuling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fuling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fuling in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu.ˈliŋ]

Verb

fuling

1. (stative) to be dizzy

Conjugation

Conjugation of fuling
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tofuling	fofuling	mifuling
2nd	nofuling	nifuling
3rd	Masculine	ofuling	ifuling, yofuling†
Feminine	mofuling
Neuter	ifuling
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh