vaskom
Russenorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Norwegian Nynorsk vaska (“to wash”) or it's Northern dialectal apocope form vask. Semantic shift or unknown origin. The ending is a Russenorsk verb ending -om.
Verb edit
vaskom
- to paint (a ship, a wall etc.)
Verb edit
vaskom
- to baptize
- Lille Jonka paa Kjerka vaskom
- The newborn boy is (going to be or was) baptized in the church
References edit
- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, pages 108, 121, 132