skuta

• skuten

skuta

1. definite feminine singular of skute

skuta f (definite singular skuta, indefinite plural skuter or skutor, definite plural skutene or skutone)

1. definite singular of skute
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of skute

• IPA^(key): /ˈsku.ta/
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: sku‧ta

skuta

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of skuty

skuta (Cyrillic spelling скута)

1. genitive singular of skut

Borrowed from English scooter.

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skuta class IX (plural skuta class X)

1. scooter

From Old Swedish skuta, probably from Middle Low German schûte. Cognate with Danish skude. Compare Dutch schuit.

skuta c

1. a smaller cargo ship with sails (and a motor)
   • 1960, Evert Taube, “Vals på Karibien (Så länge skutan kan gå) [Waltz in the Caribbean (As long as the ship can sail)]”‎^[1]:

     Så länge skutan kan gå. Så länge hjärtat kan slå. Så länge solen den glittrar på böljorna blå. Om blott en dag eller två, så håll till godo ändå. För det finns många som aldrig en ljusglimt kan få.

     As long as the ship can sail. As long as the heart can beat. As long as the sun glitters on the blue waves [billows, often used idiomatically in reference to the sea – see bölja]. In but a day or two [you will die, going on the rest of the lyrics], so be satisfied anyway. For there are many who can never get a glimmer of light.

3. (colloquial) any (smaller) boat (with sails)
4. a loose boulder created during rock blasting

Often with rustic undertones in (sense 2).

• skuta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• skuta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• skuta in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)