tekkja

See also: þekkja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þekja (“to thatch”), from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to cover”). The noun seems is likely derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɛç.çɑ/

Noun

tekkja f (definite singular tekkja, indefinite plural tekkjer or tekkjor, definite plural tekkjene or tekkjone)

1. definite singular of tekkje
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of tekkje

Alternative forms

• (verb): tekkje, tekka, tekke
• (noun): tekkja

Verb

tekkja (present tense tekkjer, past tense tekte or (obsolete) takte, supine and past participle tekt or (obsolete) takt, present participle tekkjande, imperative tekk)

1. (transitive) to thatch