böka
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]böka (present bökar, preterite bökade, supine bökat, imperative böka)
- to root (of swine, or of messy digging, overturning, searching, etc., more generally)
- Grisarna bökade i jorden
- The pigs were rooting in the dirt
- En gris hade bökat upp hela landet
- A pig had torn up the entire garden plot
- Han bökade runt efter skiftnyckeln i lådan
- He rooted around in the box for his adjustable wrench
Usage notes
[edit]- Idiomatically what pigs do, rather than rota, which sounds like messy searching more generically.
- Often with a particle like runt (“around”), omkring (“around”), or upp (“up”) (for tearing up ground through rooting).
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | böka | bökas | ||
| supine | bökat | bökats | ||
| imperative | böka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | böken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bökar | bökade | bökas | bökades |
| ind. plural1 | böka | bökade | bökas | bökades |
| subjunctive2 | böke | bökade | bökes | bökades |
| present participle | bökande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.