spikka
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English speak during World War II.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
spikka (third person singular past indicative spikkaði, third person plural past indicative spikkað, supine spikkað)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of spikka (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | spikka | |
supine | spikkað | |
participle (a6)1 | spikkandi | spikkaður |
present | past | |
first singular | spikki | spikkaði |
second singular | spikkar | spikkaði |
third singular | spikkar | spikkaði |
plural | spikka | spikkaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | spikka! | |
plural | spikkið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
References[edit]
- Tórður Jóansson: English loanwords in Faroese. Tórshavn: Fannir 1997. (p. 181)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to spika
Verb[edit]
spikka (present tense spikkar, past tense spikka, past participle spikka)
- to make woodshaving
- Synonym: smi
- to carve wood, make objects of wood
- Han spikkar feler, sleiver og tregubbar
- He makes fiddles, wood laddles and wood statuettes of old men