sku
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
sku (attributive skuwe, comparative skuwer, superlative skuuste)
Garo[edit]
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Cardinal : sku | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognate with Tibetan དགུ (dgu), Burmese ကို (kui).
Numeral[edit]
sku
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the verb skue.
Verb[edit]
sku
- imperative of skue
Noun[edit]
sku n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural sku, definite plural skua or skuene)
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction of the phrase så gud hjelpe meg, as are also Danish sgu and sågu.
Interjection[edit]
sku
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Norse skúfr. Cognate with Faroese skúgvur.
Noun[edit]
sku m (definite singular skuen, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skuene)
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
sku
- (dialectal, informal) Apocopic form of skulle
- 2013, Mark Twain, translated by Bjørn Alex Herrman, Huckleberry Finns opplevelser[1], Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, translation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, →ISBN, page 7:
- Men Tom Sawyer, han spora meg opp og sa at'n sku starte en røverbande, og at jeg kunne få være med hvis jeg dro tilbake til enka og blei respektabel.
- But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
sku
References[edit]
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “skula”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
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