gólv

See also: golv and gólf

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse golf (“floor”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *gulbą, *gulbaz (“floor”), itself of unknown origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʊlv/, [ɡ̊ʲɞ́ɽʋ], [ɡ̊ɔ́ɽʋ], [ɡ̊ʊ́ɽʋ]
    Rhymes: -ʊ́ɽʋ

Noun

gólv n (definite singular gólvä, dative gólvän, definite plural gólva)

  1. floor
    hä sto vöttuloken ätter ä på gólvä
    water flowed thence along the floor
    pönt int ne gólvän
    don't soil the floor
    Han gekk å lynkä kring gólvän.
    He drunkenly wiggled around the floor.

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Derived terms
  • gólvas
  • logólv
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