skaffom

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

• skaffum
• skafom
• skafum

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schaften. Compare Fanagalo skafu (“to eat”) and skafting (“food in lunch box”)

Verb

skaffom

1. to eat

Synonyms

• spisom

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag