Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /skêla/
  • Hyphenation: ske‧la

Noun edit

skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)

  1. ferry
  2. scaffold

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • skela” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (squinting, crooked).

Verb edit

skela (present skelar, preterite skelade, supine skelat, imperative skela)

  1. to have the eyes turned in different directions, either deliberately (and temporarily) or due to strabismus
    Synonym: vinda
    Han skelarHe has a squint
    Han skelar på höger ögaHe has strabismus in the right eye

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