mjåkk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare with Danish mælk, Faroese mjólk, Icelandic mjólk, Swedish mjölk, Dutch melk, English milk, German Milch, German Low German Melk, West Frisian molke, Yiddish מילך (milkh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mjɔːkː]

Noun

mjåkk f (definite singular mjåkkjí, definite singular dative mjåkkjinn, uncountable)

1. (dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of mjølk (“milk”)

   Mjåkkjí va’ så súr at ‘u brautst.
   /ˈmjɔːçːæɪː väː sɔ ˈsɛuːr ät u ˈbrɒuːtst/

   The milk was so sour that it got separated.

Declension

  Setesdal declension of mjåkk (strong ō-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mjåkk	mjåkkí
dative	―	mjåkkinn, mjåkkinne

References

• “mjåkk” at Vallemål.no