gwit

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡ̊wíːt] (example of pronunciation)
    • Rhymes: -íːt

Adjective

gwit

  1. white
    wit a göɽv
    white floors
    gwitmarr
    a white mare
    hwitlökjen
    garlic

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References
  • Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “vit a. vi:t, wi:t, gwi:t, gvi:t”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) ISBN 9789197035811, page 214
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