buksvåger
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, buk (“belly”) + svåger (“brother-in-law”). Compare Danish hulbror, Norwegian Bokmål buksvoger, Icelandic kviðmágur.
Noun
[edit]buksvåger c
- (colloquial) an Eskimo brother (of some other man)
- De är buksvågrar
- They are Eskimo brothers
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | buksvåger | buksvågers |
| definite | buksvågern | buksvågerns | |
| plural | indefinite | buksvågrar | buksvågrars |
| definite | buksvågrarna | buksvågrarnas |
See also
[edit]- buksvägerska (female equivalent)