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[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Skundavisk words]] [[Category:Skundavisk nouns]] [[Category:Skundavisk class 3c nouns]] | [[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Skundavisk words]] [[Category:Skundavisk nouns]] [[Category:Skundavisk class 3c nouns]] | ||
Revision as of 19:50, 25 October 2019
Skundavisk
Alternative form
- hooved (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk hōued, from Old Skundavisk hōuod, hōbod, from Halmisk houbod, houbode, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /hɔɸt/
Noun
hoft n. (class 3c, genitive hofts, plural hofte)
- head
- Mijn hoft dot mir wee.
- I have a headache (literally 'My head does me pain.')
- Mijn hoft dot mir wee.
- 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.