tugga
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Old Norse tyggva, tyggja (“to chew”), from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tugga c
- a bite (as much as one can chew)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tugga | tuggas |
| definite | tuggan | tuggans | |
| plural | indefinite | tuggor | tuggors |
| definite | tuggorna | tuggornas |
Verb
[edit]tugga (present tuggar, preterite tuggade, supine tuggat, imperative tugga)
- to chew (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tugga | tuggas | ||
| supine | tuggat | tuggats | ||
| imperative | tugga | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tuggen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tuggar | tuggade | tuggas | tuggades |
| ind. plural1 | tugga | tuggade | tuggas | tuggades |
| subjunctive2 | tugge | tuggade | tugges | tuggades |
| present participle | tuggande | |||
| past participle | tuggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]- tugga fradga (“froth at the mouth”)