hwȯssskjä

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms
  • hvorske
  • hyssji
  • hvyssji

Etymology

From Old Norse hvártki, properly the neuter nominative and accusative of hvárrgi, i.e. the pronoun hvárr with the suffix -gi. Compare Norwegian korkje.

Conjunction

hwȯ´ssskjä̆

  1. neither (used with ell (“or”))
    hwȯssskjä ett ell ȧnnä
    neither one nor the other

Derived terms
  • hvórskederä, hviskederä, hyssjiderä, hyssjidärn (“neither (of them both)”)
  • hvórskejerä, hyssjijirä (“neither of you (pl)”)
  • Hvórskevórä, hviskevorä, hyssjivorä (“neither of us both”)

References
    • Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten “varke(n) [konj] hwȯ´ssskjä̆”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 144
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