rumpa
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
rumpa m or f
- definite feminine singular of rumpe
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested in the 13th century.[1]
Noun
rumpa
- tail
- Knut Fredrik Söderwall ((Can we date this quote?)) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket[1] (in Swedish), published 1900, page 269: “han (räfven) longa rumpa dragher ― he (the fox) long tail drags”
- butt, buttocks (of humans)
- Knut Fredrik Söderwall ((Can we date this quote?)) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket[2] (in Swedish), published 1900, page 269: “the wordo sa qwastad a thera rompa”
Descendants
- Swedish: rumpa
References
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish rumpa (“tail; buttocks”).
Noun
rumpa c
Usage notes
Bit more cutesy-sounding compared to stjärt.
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | rumpa | rumpas |
definite | rumpan | rumpans | |
plural | indefinite | rumpor | rumpors |
definite | rumporna | rumpornas |
Synonyms
Meronyms
Derived terms
- framrumpa
- len som en barnrumpa (“smooth as a baby's bottom”)