Icelandic

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Etymology

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From svo (so) + kallaður, past participle of kalla (to call). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sokalla and Norwegian Bokmål såkalt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsvɔːkʰatlaðʏr]

Adjective

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svokallaður (not comparable)

  1. so-called

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