ainkä

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse einka adj.; e. g. einka sonr "only son". Cognate with older Danish enckæ, Blekingian and Scanian ynka, Helsingian and Hallandian inka, Calmarian enka, ynka, önka, Medelpadian enken.

Adjective

ainkä

  1. sole, only
    Einkä gruta ji att, sä mistä ji
    The only little bit I owned, I lost.

References

    • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Enke, einkä, ainkä”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 118
    • Marklund, Thorsten, “ai`nken”, in Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman [The Skellefteå speech: grammar and vocabulary: for laymen - by a layman], →ISBN, page 72
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