gååfft
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- göft
- gooft
Verb
gååfft (preterite gåvtä)
- (intransitive) to smell (whether fragrant or offensive)
- Hä gåvtä bara bränvina bothi mónnom å’n
- It just smelled of brandy from his mouth.
- Hä gåvtä bara bränvina bothi mónnom å’n
Related terms
- gåft
- gȯfwa
- gufwu
- gȯhla
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Gååfft”, 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 223