keka

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

  • tjeka

Verb

keka (preterite & supine keka)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To chew something very tough.
  2. To incessantly, continuously work with something; continually moan, whine, ask for something; quarrel long about the same thing.
    Han keka sä läng vä mäg, sä ji gatt få ’om ä i lykkt’n
    He bothered me for so long, that I finally had to give it to him.
    Han keka vä di hele vekun
    He worked all week with it.
    Han keka i dy hele da’n
    He argued all day about it.
  3. To slowly pull oneself forward; walk slowly, drive slowly.
    Hästen keka fot om fot i oföre
    The horse walked slowly, foot by foot, in the bad going.

Derived terms

  • kekal
  • kekallónnom
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