buksvåger

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

By surface analysis, buk (“belly”) +‎ svåger (“brother-in-law”). Compare Danish hulbror, Norwegian Bokmål buksvoger, Icelandic kviðmágur.

Noun

buksvåger c

  1. (colloquial) an Eskimo brother (of some other man)
    De är buksvågrar
    They are Eskimo brothers

Declension

Declension of buksvåger
nominative genitive
singular indefinite buksvåger buksvågers
definite buksvågern buksvågerns
plural indefinite buksvågrar buksvågrars
definite buksvågrarna buksvågrarnas

See also

References

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