skinka
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Low German schinke, from Middle Low German schinke, from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō. Cognate with Swedish skinka.
In relation to the tanning sense, compare Japanese ガングロ (ganguro, literally “black face”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skinka f (genitive singular skinku, nominative plural skinkur)
- (countable or uncountable) ham (a cured leg of a swine, or other similar cured pork)
- (slang) a Caucasian girl that has an abnormal amount of tan resulting from sunbathing or the use of tanning beds
Declension
[edit]Declension of skinka (feminine)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skinka | skinkan | skinkur | skinkurnar |
accusative | skinku | skinkuna | skinkur | skinkurnar |
dative | skinku | skinkunni | skinkum | skinkunum |
genitive | skinku | skinkunnar | skinka | skinkanna |
See also
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]skinka m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]skinka f
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German schinke, from Middle Low German schinke, from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic *skinkō. Cognate with English skink and Icelandic skinka.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]skinka c
- ham
- Jag äter smörgåsar med skinka som pålägg.
- I eat sandwiches with ham as a topping.
- buttock
- Min vänstra skinka gör ont.
- My left buttock hurts.
Declension
[edit]Declension of skinka
Derived terms
[edit]- julskinka (“Christmas ham”)
See also
[edit]- fläsk (“pork”)
References
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