spikka

Faroese

FWOTD – 29 November 2014

Etymology

From English speak during World War II.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspɪʰkːa]

Verb

spikka (third person singular past indicative spikkaði, third person plural past indicative spikkað, supine spikkað)

  1. (humorous) to speak English

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine spikkað
present past
first singular spikki spikkaði
second singular spikkar spikkaði
third singular spikkar spikkaði
plural spikka spikkaðu
participle (a6)1 spikkandi spikkaður
imperative
singular spikka!
plural spikkið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

  • Tórður Jóansson: English loanwords in Faroese. Tórshavn: Fannir 1997. (p. 181)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to spika

Verb

spikka (present tense spikkar, past tense spikka, past participle spikka)

  1. to make woodshaving
    Synonym: smi
  2. to carve wood, make objects of wood
    Han spikkar feler, sleiver og tregubbar
    He makes fiddles, wood laddles and wood statuettes of old men

Derived terms

  • spikkefjøl
  • spikkekniv
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