nægen

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Proto-Norse ne wait ek hwarjar (literally not know I who).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [næ̀ːɣən], [nǽːɣən], [nǽnː], [nǽjn], [nànː] (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

nægen m (feminine nægar, neuter næge or , plural næ`ger)

  1. Some.
  2. Any.
  3. Somebody, someone, something.
  4. Anybody, anyone, anything.
    int
    nothing
    å från den stånna vahdt a sinnesschvag, å tahla allär ohlä vä nagom
    and from that moment she became feeble-minded, and never spoke to anyone
  • eingen (none, nobody)
  • nænnting (something)

References

    • Marklund, Thorsten, 1986, Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman [The Skellefteå speech: grammar and vocabulary: for laymen - by a layman], →ISBN, page 43
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