spikka
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From English speak during World War II.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spikka (third person singular past indicative spikkaði, third person plural past indicative spikkað, supine spikkað)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of spikka (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | spikka | |
supine | spikkað | |
participle (a6)1 | spikkandi | spikkaður |
present | past | |
first singular | spikki | spikkaði |
second singular | spikkar | spikkaði |
third singular | spikkar | spikkaði |
plural | spikka | spikkaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | spikka! | |
plural | spikkið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
References edit
- Tórður Jóansson: English loanwords in Faroese. Tórshavn: Fannir 1997. (p. 181)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Related to spika
Verb edit
spikka (present tense spikkar, past tense spikka, past participle spikka)
- to make woodshaving
- Synonym: smi
- to carve wood, make objects of wood
- Han spikkar feler, sleiver og tregubbar
- He makes fiddles, wood laddles and wood statuettes of old men