Contionary:hoft: Difference between revisions
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'''hoft''' ''n.'' (''genitive'' '''hofts''', ''plural'' '''hofte''') | '''hoft''' ''n.'' (class 3c, ''genitive'' '''hofts''', ''plural'' '''hofte''') | ||
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Revision as of 02:36, 29 December 2018
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.