tatuera

See also: tatuerà

Swedish

Etymology

First part is a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”), second part is native common suffix -era. First part is likely to have gone through another European language e.g. French, German or English before it ended up in Swedish, hence probably not a direct loan from Polynesian. Compare Danish tatovere, German tätowieren, French tatouer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tatɵˈeːra/

Verb

tatuera (present tatuerar, preterite tatuerade, supine tatuerat, imperative tatuera)

  1. (transitive, often with in (“in”)) to tattoo
  2. (reflexive) to get a tattoo
    Jag ska åka in till stan och tatuera mig.
    I'm going into town to get a tattoo.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tatuera (weak)
active passive
infinitive tatuera tatueras
supine tatuerat tatuerats
imperative tatuera —
imper. plural1 tatueren —
present past present past
indicative tatuerar tatuerade tatueras tatuerades
ind. plural1 tatuera tatuerade tatueras tatuerades
subjunctive2 tatuere tatuerade tatueres tatuerades
present participle tatuerande
past participle tatuerad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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