ómsuss

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Middle Low German ummesus (umme + sus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɞmsʉ́sː] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ʉ́sː

Adverb

ómsuss

  1. In vain, lost, to naught.[1]
    Hä gikk ómsuss alltihopän.
    It all came to naught.
    Rejsa vahdt ómsuss.
    The journey amounted to nothing.
    Hela arvä hännars for ómsuss.
    Her whole inheritance was wasted.
    Allt hä’n att, gikk ómsuss.
    Everything he owned, he lost.

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “ómsuss”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 485-486
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