klökas
Swedish
Etymology
Cognate to Danish kløjes and Icelandic klígja, originally from a root *klak- (”to break”). For the semantic development, compare German erbrechen and Danish brække.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²kløːkas/
- Rhymes: -øːkas
Verb
klökas (present klöks, preterite klöktes, supine klökts, imperative klöks)
- (dialectal, Southern Sweden) to feel as if one almost has to throw up; feel nauseous; to throw up
- 2006, “Brist på struktur i förutsägbar komedi [Lack of structure in predictable comedy]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Men när höjden av komik är en man som i en utdragen scen klöks och blir nerbajsad vid ett blöjbyte förstår man att filmen har problem.
- But when the pinnacle of comedy is a man who in a drawn-out scene almost throws up and get covered in poop, you understand that the movie has problems.
Conjugation
Conjugation of klökas
| Active | Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | klökas | - |
| Present tense | klöks | - |
| Past tense | klöktes | - |
| Supine | klökts | - |
| Imperative | klöks | - |
| Present participle | - | |
| Past participle | - | |
References
- Klökas. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 1 February 2018.
- klökas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)