keypa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse keypa, from Proto-Germanic *kaupijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃeiːpa][1]

Verb

keypa (third person singular past indicative keypti, supine keypt)

  1. to buy
    Eg keypi eina bók í Havn í dag.
    I’m buying a book in Tórshavn today.

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-2)
infinitive
supine keypt
present past
first singular keypi keypti
second singular keypir keypti
third singular keypir keypti
plural keypa keyptu
participle (a39)1 keypandi keyptur
imperative
singular keyp!
plural keypið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 25

Further reading

"keypa" at Sprotin.fo