skunkur
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom English skunk, from Abenaki segôgw (“skunk”, literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskunkur m (genitive singular skunks, nominative plural skunkar)
Declension
editdeclension of skunkur
References
edit- “skunkur” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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