ȧfta

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse aptann (“evening”) Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs. Cognate with Old English ǣfen, Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon āvand, Old Dutch avont, Old High German aband.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [àfta], [æ̀fta]

Noun

ǡftă m (definite singular ǡftăn, definite plural ǡftănă)

  1. an evening
    i går om ȧftan
    yesterday in the evening

Derived terms

References
    • Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten “afton m ǡftă”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 5
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