tyggja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggva, tyggja (to chew), from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɪcːa/
    Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Verb

tyggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tuggði, supine tuggið)

  1. (transitive, takes the accusative) to chew, to masticate

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

See also


Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggja and tyggva, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Akin to English chew.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʏjːɑ/, /tʏʝɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

tyggja (present tense tygg, past tense togg, past participle togge, passive infinitive tyggjast, present participle tyggjande, imperative tygg)

  1. to chew

References


Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kewwaną.

Verb

tyggja (singular past indicative tǫgg, plural past indicative tuggu, past participle togginn)

  1. to chew

Conjugation

References

  • tyggja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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