nåk

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; compare Old Danish nøg (“avaricious”), dialectal Danish nøg (“scant, trifling; weak, fragile”), Helsingian någg (“sickly, poor, weak in work”), Old Norse hnǫggr, hnokinn (“bent down”).

Adjective

nåk (neuter nåkt, comparative nåkänä, superlative nåkäst)

  1. niggardly, barren, providing little resources
    Ja ha nåkt óm tomä
    I'm short on time.
    Ja´ha´sä nocktôm, ja´få int´tome
    I'm in a hurry so I do not get (have) time (for it)
    Nåkt óm mat’n
    short of food
  2. bad
    nåk mat, nåk kniv
    bad food, bad knife
    Hä jär nåkt ä slag
    It's of a bad kind.
  3. malicious, disreputable
    Nåk’n kar
    a bad man
  4. weak, nauseous, sickly
    Jig jär nåk i dag
    I'm feeling ill today.
    Nåk dill förstånnä
    who has weak intelligence
    Nåkt minn
    bad memory
    Nåk dill hels’n
    sickly
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