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===Alternative form===
===Alternative form===
[[contionary:hooved|hooved]] ''(archaic)''
* [[contionary:hooved|hooved]] ''(archaic)''


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Middle Skundavisk ''hōued'', from Old Skundavisk ''hōuod'', ''hōbod'', from Halmisk ''houbod'', ''houbode'', from Proto-Germanic ''*haubudą''.
From Middle Skundavisk ''hōued'', from Old Skundavisk ''hōuod'', ''hōbod'', from Halmisk ''ᚻᛟᚢᛒᛟᛞ'' (''houbod''), ''ᚻᛟᚢᛒᛟᛞᛖ'' (''houbode''), from Proto-Germanic ''*haubudą''.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
[[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /hɔɸt/
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /hɔɸt/


===Noun===
===Noun===
'''hoft''' ''n.'' (''genitive'' '''hofts''', ''plural'' '''hofte''')
'''hoft''' ''n.'' (class 3c, ''genitive'' '''hofts''', ''plural'' '''hofte''')


# head
# head
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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
The spelling ''hoft'' was adopted in the 1978 reform to suit the modern pronounciation, but ''hooved'' is still quite common, especially among the older generations.
====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* [[Contionary:hoftsæklijk|hoftsæklijk]]
====Related terms====
====Related terms====




[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Skundavisk words]] [[Category:Skundavisk nouns]]
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Skundavisk words]] [[Category:Skundavisk nouns]] [[Category:Skundavisk class 3c nouns]]

Latest revision as of 14:16, 14 November 2019

Skundavisk

Alternative form

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk hōued, from Old Skundavisk hōuod, hōbod, from Halmisk ᚻᛟᚢᛒᛟᛞ (houbod), ᚻᛟᚢᛒᛟᛞᛖ (houbode), from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.

Pronunciation

Noun

hoft n. (class 3c, genitive hofts, plural hofte)

  1. head
    Mijn hoft dot mir wee.
    I have a headache (literally 'My head does me pain.')
  2. head (of an organisation)

Usage notes

The spelling hoft was adopted in the 1978 reform to suit the modern pronounciation, but hooved is still quite common, especially among the older generations.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms