knota
See also: knöta
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to knøteleg. First attested in 1698 by Jonas Ramus (Green).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]knota (present tense knotar, past tense knota, past participle knota, passive infinitive knotast, present participle knotande, imperative knota/knot)
- to use an unnatural language with the intention to seem more mannered or refined
- to speak another dialect of a higher social status (esp. imitate Oslo dialect)
- (about women, dated) to pretend to be arrogant
- to struggle
- Synonym: streva
- to complain
- Synonym: klaga
- (rare) to decorate
See also
[edit]- danska (“to put Danish words into Norwegian in order to give a higher social status to the speech”)
- fordanska (“Danicize”)
- leggja om (“to code-switch dialect”)
References
[edit]- “knota” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “knota” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
- Alf Eriksen (1996), Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 107
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]knota c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | knota | knotas |
| definite | knotan | knotans | |
| plural | indefinite | knotor | knotors |
| definite | knotorna | knotornas |
Verb
[edit]knota (present knotar, preterite knotade, supine knotat, imperative knota)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | knota | knotas | ||
| supine | knotat | knotats | ||
| imperative | knota | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | knoten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | knotar | knotade | knotas | knotades |
| ind. plural1 | knota | knotade | knotas | knotades |
| subjunctive2 | knote | knotade | knotes | knotades |
| present participle | knotande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.