nægen

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Proto-Norse ne wait ek hwarjar (literally “not know I who”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [næ̀ːɣən], [nǽːɣən], [nǽnː], [nǽjn], [nànː] (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

nægen m (feminine nægar, neuter næge or næ, plural næ`ger)

  1. some
  2. any
  3. somebody, someone, something
  4. anybody, anyone, anything
    int næ
    nothing
    å från den stånna vahdt a sinnesschvag, å tahla allär ohlä vä nagom
    and from that moment she became feeble-minded, and never spoke to anyone
  • eingen (none, nobody)
  • nænnting (something)

References

    • Marklund, Thorsten Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman [The Skellefteå speech: grammar and vocabulary: for laymen - by a layman], →ISBN, page 43
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