kåvn

Westrobothnian

Verb

kåvn (preterite kåvnä, supine kåvnä)

  1. (intransitive) suffocate, extinguish
    Elln a kåvnä ti spisom
    The fire has gone out in the stove.

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “kåvn”, 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 315
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