sku
Afrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editsku (attributive skuwe, comparative skuwer, superlative skuuste)
Garo
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Cardinal : sku | ||
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognate with Tibetan དགུ (dgu), Burmese ကို (kui).
Numeral
editsku
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom the verb skue.
Verb
editsku
- imperative of skue
Noun
editsku n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural sku, definite plural skua or skuene)
Etymology 2
editContraction of the phrase så gud hjelpe meg, as are also Danish sgu and sågu.
Interjection
editsku
Etymology 3
editFrom Old Norse skúfr. Cognate with Faroese skúgvur.
Noun
editsku m (definite singular skuen, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skuene)
Etymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editsku
- (dialectal, informal) Apocopic form of skulle
- 2013, Mark Twain, translated by Bjørn Alex Herrman, Huckleberry Finns opplevelser[1], Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, translation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, →ISBN, page 7:
- Men Tom Sawyer, han spora meg opp og sa at'n sku starte en røverbande, og at jeg kunne få være med hvis jeg dro tilbake til enka og blei respektabel.
- But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editVerb
editsku
References
edit- Ivar Aasen (1850) “skula”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
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