enkjʼ

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse ekkja (Old East Norse ænkja), from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ. Compare Elfdalian aintja.

Pronunciation

(Umeå) IPA^(key): [²ɛɲ̊t͡ɕ]
(Skellefteå) IPA^(key): [²æɪ̯ɲ̊t͡ɕ]
Rhymes: -ɛ̀nt͡ɕ

Noun

enkjʼ f (definite singular enkja, definite plural enkjen)

Widow.[1]

References

Marklund, Thorsten, 1986, Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman [The Skellefteå speech: grammar and vocabulary: for laymen - by a layman], →ISBN, page 72

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