taska

See also: taška and táska

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse taska, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaska/
• Rhymes: -aska

Noun

taska f (genitive singular tasku, plural taskur)

1. bag

Declension

Declension of taska
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taska	taskan	taskur	taskurnar
accusative	tasku	taskuna	taskur	taskurnar
dative	tasku	taskuni	taskum	taskunum
genitive	tasku	taskunnar	taska	taskanna

Anagrams

• kasta
• skata

Hausa

Etymology

From a Berber language; compare Northern Saharan Berber tazeqqa. A Tuareg origin is geographically more plausible, but no phonologically matching term is attested, and it would be unusual for a settled people to borrow a term related to settled life from nomads.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tás.kàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tás.kàː]

Noun

taskā̀ f (plural taskōkī, possessed form taskàr̃)

1. personal room of the head of the household
2. storeroom
3. safe, strongbox

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse taska, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaska/ (

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• Rhymes: -aska

Noun

taska f (genitive singular tösku, nominative plural töskur)

1. bag, case

Declension

declension of taska

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taska	taskan	töskur	töskurnar
accusative	tösku	töskuna	töskur	töskurnar
dative	tösku	töskunni	töskum	töskunum
genitive	tösku	töskunnar	taska/taskna	taskanna/tasknanna

Hypernyms

• geymsla, hirsla

Derived terms

• ferðataska
• handtaska

Anagrams

• kasta
• skata

Kashubian

Etymology

From German Tasse +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaska/
• Syllabification: tas‧ka

Noun

taska f

1. cup

   Synonym: bôlka

Further reading

• “taska”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

tasa +‎ -ka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaska/

Noun

taska f inan

1. Diminutive of tasa

Declension

Declension of taska

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	taska	tasce	taski
Genitive	taski	taskowu	taskow
Dative	tasce	taskoma	taskam
Accusative	tasku	tasce	taski
Instrumental	tasku	taskoma	taskami
Locative	tasce	taskoma	taskach

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taskǭ.

Noun

taska f (genitive tǫsku, plural tǫskur)

1. bag, sack
   • tǫskur tvær fullar með gull ok silfr

Declension

  Declension of taska (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taska	taskan	tǫskur	tǫskurnar
accusative	tǫsku	tǫskuna	tǫskur	tǫskurnar
dative	tǫsku	tǫskunni	tǫskum	tǫskunum
genitive	tǫsku	tǫskunnar	taskna	tasknanna

Derived terms

• tǫskuþjófr

Descendants

• Danish: taske
• Faroese: taska
• Icelandic: taska
• Norwegian (Nynorsk): taske
• Norwegian (Bokmål): taske
• Swedish: task

References

• “taska”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "taska" on page 433 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German tasche. Cognate of German Tasche. Doublet of task and taskspelare.

Noun

taska c

1. (archaic) bag, purse

Declension

Declension of taska
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	taska	taskan	taskor	taskorna
Genitive	taskas	taskans	taskors	taskornas

Derived terms

• krabbtaska

Further reading

• taska in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• taska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kasta, katsa, sakta, skata, staka