barkjuke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • barkjuk (apocope)

Etymology

From bar (“coniferous”) +‎ kjuke (“a tree growth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²baˑ.rɕʉˑ.kɛ/

Noun

barkjuke f (definite singular barkjuka, definite singular dative barkjuken, indefinite plural barkjuko, definite plural barkjukonn, definite plural dative barkjukom)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) a cone (fruit of a conifer, esp. spruce)

Synonyms

References

  • “kjuka” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Bjørn Roar Krogstad (1994) Måråk-mål (in Norwegian), page 13
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