grådu
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gráðugr, from Proto-Germanic *grēdagaz, from *grēduz (“hunger”) + *-gaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡròːdʉ/, [ɡ̊ròːð̞ʉ̟], [ɡ̊rɒ̀ːð̞ɵ]
- Rhymes: -òːðɵ
Adjective
grå̄dŭ
- who is starved and therefore eats much and to whom the food does not seem to serve any or fill one up and so gets hungry again shortly
- lätt int fahlkjä dätt wahl grådu
- don't starve your people
- lätt int fahlkjä dätt wahl grådu
Antonyms
- gjä´sk
Related terms
- grââ m (“large appetite, hunger”)
References
- Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “grådug a grå̄dŭ”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 44