hwȯssskjä
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- hvorske
- hyssji
- hvyssji
Etymology
From Old Norse hvártki, properly the neuter nominative and accusative of hvárrgi, i.e. the pronoun hvárr with the suffix -gi. Compare Norwegian korkje.
Conjunction
hwȯ´ssskjä̆
- neither (used with ell (“or”))
- hwȯssskjä ett ell ȧnnä
- neither one nor the other
Derived terms
- hvórskederä, hviskederä, hyssjiderä, hyssjidärn (“neither (of them both)”)
- hvórskejerä, hyssjijirä (“neither of you (pl)”)
- Hvórskevórä, hviskevorä, hyssjivorä (“neither of us both”)
References
- Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten “varke(n) [konj] hwȯ´ssskjä̆”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 144