gvarj

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vargr. The change from /g/ to /j/ initially occurred only before front vowels, but spread to other forms; compare the variants warg and wærg and words like saingj and skojj.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡ̊wǽɾe], [ɡ̊wáɾɪ̯] (example of pronunciation)

Noun

gvarj m (definite singular gvarjen, definite plural gvarja)

  1. wolf
  2. wheelbarrow

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “GVARJ”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 223
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