stikka

From Old Norse støkkva, stynka, stinkva, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną. Cognate with Swedish stinka.

stikka

1. to stink

Borrowed from Sicilian sticca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪk.ka/

stikka f (plural stikek or stikki)

1. stick
2. (billiards, snooker) cue

• stikke

From the past tense of the verb stinga.

• IPA^(key): /²stɪkːɑ/

stikka (present tense stikk, past tense stakk, supine stukke, past participle stukken, present participle stikkande, imperative stikk)

1. to sting

   Vepsar kan stikka når dei blir forstyrra.

   Wasps may sting when they are disturbed.

2. to stab

   Ein mann har stukke ein annan med kniv.

   A man has stabbed another man with a knife.

3. to thrust

   Eg heldt fram med å stikka spaden i jorda.

   I continued thrusting my shovel into the ground.

4. to stick

   Ballongen sprekk når eg stikk han med denne nåla.

   The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.

5. to prick

   Når du gir blod, må sjukepleiaren stikka deg armen.

   When you donate blood, the nurse has to prick your arm.

6. to prod, poke

   Det er veldig irriterande når du stikk meg i armen med fingeren din.

   It is very annoying when you poke my arm with your finger.

7. to protrude

   Trea stakk opp av snøen.

   The trees protruded from the snow.

8. to go away quickly, to scarper

   Tjuvane hadde stukke av då politiet kom.

   The thieves had run away when the police arrived.

• “stikka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.