ska

See also: SKA, -ska, and skA

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Probably imitative of the crisp guitar sound; other suggestions include a contraction of "skavoovie" (a word invented and used by musician Cluett Johnson), or of speed polka.

Pronunciation

• enPR: skä, IPA^(key): /skɑː/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• Homophone: scar (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

ska (uncountable)

1. A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s, combining elements of Caribbean calypso and mento with American jazz and rhythm and blues; it was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

Derived terms

• ska punk

Translations

style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: ska (nl) m
• Esperanto: skao
• Finnish: ska (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Ska m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 스카 (seuka)
• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: ska m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: ska m
• Swedish: ska (sv) c

See also

• ska on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AKs, ASK, Ask, KAs, KSA, aks, ask, kas

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ska
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

ska m (uncountable)

1. (music) ska

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ska (present tense skar; past tense skadde; past participle skadd)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by skade

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skaða.

Alternative forms

• skada (long form with a or split infinitive)
• skade (long form with e infinitive)

Verb

ska (present tense skar, past tense skadde, past participle skadd, present participle skadande, imperative ska)

1. (transitive) to damage, injure
2. (transitive) to harm, inconvenience

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ska

1. (dialectal, colloquial, informal) Apocopic form of skal, present tense of skulle

References

• “ska” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “ska” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈska/, [ˈska]
• IPA^(key): /esˈka/, [es.ˈka]

Noun

ska m (plural skas)

1. ska

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑː/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

ska c

1. ska; a style of dance music

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of skall, present tense of skola, from skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑː/
• (Gothenburg) IPA^(key): /ˈskaː/

• audio

  (file)

Verb

ska

1. will; denotes a promise or strong intent to perform an action in the future

   Jag ska göra det i morgon

   I'll do that tomorrow

2. shall, have to; be required to

   Nej, du ska göra det idag

   No, you shall do it today

3. to be said to

   Han ska ha uppträtt hotfullt.

   He is said to have behaved threateningly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skola (irregular)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	skola		—
Supine	skolat		—
Imperative	—		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ska, skall	skulle	—	—
Indicative plural1	skola	skulle	—	—
Subjunctive2	skole	skulle	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	—
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Usage notes

• Infinitive and supine are rarely (if ever) used, and may be considered archaic. Skall is an older or more formal spelling for the present tense.
• kommer att may also be used to denote a future action, but while it denotes something inevitable (something absolutely certain), ska refers to something which is required, intended, or a promise. Compare also bör, which is a (very) strong recommendation, but not without possibility to wiggle out of; and måste (must) which is used when there is a compelling need to do something:

  Solen kommer att gå upp i morgon bitti

  The Sun will rise tomorrow morning.

  Jag kommer att städa i morgon.

  I will clean up tomorrow (There's no doubt about that)

  Jag ska städa i morgon.

  I will (I promise to/I have been forced to promise to) clean up tomorrow.

  Jag måste städa i morgon.

  I have to clean up tomorrow [since there are guests coming]

  Jag bör städa i morgon.

  I should clean up tomorrow (It would be good if I did some cleaning up tomorrow)

Anagrams

• Ask, ask, sak

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Numeral

ska

1. one