sku
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
sku (attributive skuwe, comparative skuwer, superlative skuuste)
Garo edit
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Cardinal : sku | ||
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognate with Tibetan དགུ (dgu), Burmese ကို (kui).
Numeral edit
sku
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the verb skue.
Verb edit
sku
- imperative of skue
Noun edit
sku n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural sku, definite plural skua or skuene)
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction of the phrase så gud hjelpe meg, as are also Danish sgu and sågu.
Interjection edit
sku
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse skúfr. Cognate with Faroese skúgvur.
Noun edit
sku m (definite singular skuen, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skuene)
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
sku
- (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 edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
sku
References edit
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “skula”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000