spikka
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom English speak during World War II.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editspikka (third person singular past indicative spikkaði, third person plural past indicative spikkað, supine spikkað)
Conjugation
edit| Conjugation of spikka (group v-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
editEtymology
editRelated to spika
Verb
editspikka (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