däka
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "daka"
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate to Icelandic dækja (“skank, hussy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]däka c
- (dialectal, Southern, dated) a girl, a young woman
- 1929, Vilhelm Moberg, Långt från landsvägen:
- Thor skulle ha tvåhundra riksdaler, om det blev en däka, men femhundra, om det blev en pojke.
- Thor was to receive two hundred riksdaler, if it was a girl, but five hundred, if it was a boy.
Usage notes
[edit]- Formerly used in Halland, Västergötland, southeastern Småland, Blekinge and northeastern Scania.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of däka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | däka | däkan | däkor | däkorna |
| Genitive | däkas | däkans | däkors | däkornas |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- däka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Däka. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.