gylpe

Danish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål gulpe, a sideform to galpe (yell, scream), from Swedish dialectal galpa, from Old Saxon galpon. Compare English gulp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡylbə]

Verb

gylpe (imperative gylp, infinitive at gylpe, present tense gylper, past tense gylpede, perfect tense gylpet)

  1. to regurgitate (to push mucus, food, or drink up (or down) with a muscle movement (and a short gurgling sound)).

Conjugation

Conjugation of gylpe
active passive
present gylper gylpes
past gylpede gylpedes
infinitive gylpe gylpes
imperative gylp
participle
present gylpende
past gylpet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund gylpen

Derived terms

  • opgylpe

See also

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjyl.pe/, [ˈjyɫ.pe]

Verb

ġylpe

  1. inflection of ġylpan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive