mjólka

From mjólk (“milk”), or from Old Norse mjolka, molka, from Proto-Germanic *melukōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Icelandic mjólka, Norwegian mjølke, Swedish mjölka, Danish malke, Dutch and German melken, English milk.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmjœlka]

mjólka (third person singular past indicative mjólkaði, third person plural past indicative mjólkaðu, supine mjólkað)

1. to milk

From mjólk (“milk”), or from Old Norse mjolka, molka, from Proto-Germanic *melukōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Faroese mjólka, Norwegian Nynorsk mjølke, Swedish mjölka, Danish malke, Dutch and German melken, English milk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjoul̥ka/

  Rhymes: -oul̥ka

mjólka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mjólkaði, supine mjólkað)

1. to milk [intransitive or with accusative]

   Synonym: mjalta

   Að mjólka kúna.

   To milk the cow.

2. (by extension) to milk (to make money from (something) or extract information from (someone)) [with accusative]
3. to produce milk (as a mother breastfeeding)

• mjólka eftir
• mjólka fyrir
• mjólkun
• mjólkar í munni, mjólkar í munninn (“savory”)

• mjólk