hwȧrtkjȯm
Westrobothnian
Adjective
hwǡrtkjȯ̆m (hwǡrtkjŏm)
- unruly; said most of young children, who are in constant motion, kicking, fencing with their hands and tossing the body, so that you can hardly keep them in your hands
- lill gȯssn män hȧ då wohtti sä hwȧrtkjom
- my little boy has become so unruly, namely that he is in such constant motion, you can hardly keep his hands
- lill gȯssn män hȧ då wohtti sä hwȧrtkjom
References
- Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten “varköm a hwǡrtkjȯ̆m”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 144