jäta

See also: jätä, jätå, jata, játa, and ja'ta

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Like the standard word eta, ita (“to eat”) and the Icelandic éta (with the same meaning as below) from Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jɛ̀ːtɐ], [jètʰːɐ], [jæ̀ːtɐ]
    Rhymes: -ɛ̀tːɐ, -ɛ̀ːtɐ

Verb

jäta (preterite jät, supine jäti or jiti)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative, of an animal) to eat
  2. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative, derogatory, of a person) to eat

See also
  • ita (“to eat”)
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