ainkä

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

einkä
enke
ainken
enken

Etymology

From Old Norse einka adj.; e. g. einka sonr "only son". Cognate with older Danish enckæ, Blekingian and Scanian ynka, Helsingian and Hallandian inka, Calmarian enka, ynka, önka, Medelpadian enken.

Adjective

ainkä

Sole, only.[1][2]
Einkä gruta ji att, sä mistä ji
The only little bit I owned, I lost.

References

Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Enke, einkä, ainkä”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 118
Marklund, Thorsten, 1986, “ai`nken”, in 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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[1] Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Enke, einkä, ainkä”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 118

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