sku

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Sakao with u as a placeholder.

Symbol

sku

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sakao.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sakao terms

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sku (attributive skuwe, comparative skuwer, superlative skuuste)

1. shy

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognate with Tibetan དགུ (dgu), Burmese ကို (kui).

Numeral

sku

1. nine

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb skue.

Verb

sku

1. imperative of skue

Noun

sku n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural sku, definite plural skua or skuene)

1. a view, sight

Etymology 2

Contraction of the phrase så gud hjelpe meg, as are also Danish sgu and sågu.

Interjection

sku

1. so help me God!

Etymology 3

From Old Norse skúfr. Cognate with Faroese skúgvur.

Noun

sku m (definite singular skuen, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skuene)

1. (dialectal) great skua

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sku

1. (dialectal, informal) apocopic form of skulle

References

• “sku” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “sku” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skulu.

Verb

sku

1. (archaic or colloquial, dialectal, informal) apocopic form of skulla and skulle

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “skula”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Swedish

Verb

sku

1. (dialectal, informal) apocopic form of skulle