temla
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the pronunciation by the fictional character Tam Sventon, who had a lisp. Coined by author Åke Holmberg in 1948.
Noun[edit]
temla c
- (humorous) Alternative form of semla (“pastry”)
- 1948, Åke Holmberg, “Ture Sventon köper en flygande matta [Tam Sventon buys a flying carpet]”, in Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv:
- "Får jag kanske lov att bjuda på en temla?" frågade Sventon. Mannen från Orienten visste inte vad en temla var.
- "Might I offer you a temla?" asked Sventon. The man from the Orient did not know what a temla was.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of temla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | temla | temlan | temlor | temlorna |
| Genitive | temlas | temlans | temlors | temlornas |
See also[edit]
- läspa (“to (have a) lisp”)